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ROGERS SPORTSNET: NEW HD PRODUCTION STUDIO Scott Lehane 6

BD WAS THERE: PICTURES FROM THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST ENGINEERS CONVENTION 12

LAUNCHES AND MAKEOVERS 55

REVOLVING DOOR 59

PROGRAMMING

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK... RADIO STYLE Bob Wallace 5

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Do you hear what I hear? STRANGE RADIO STORIES OF YORE Maureen Bulley 54 Dan Roach 62 PPM: Seeing through the hype COLUMNS Jeff Vidler 57

A politically incorrect greeting Turning data into information - PPM's real value Wayne Ens 53 Gary Belgrave 58

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4 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 PROGRAMMING

More bang for the buck... radio style

BY BOB WALLACE

Ithought I'd put down the bio that I'm We made sure all angles were covered reading about "Stompin" Tom Connors the day of the event, everything from invit- for a moment and talk about the enter- ing the mayor to the "launch" as well as tainment value in our medium. He was the fire department to hoist yours truly to only talking about how radio would never the roof in the rescue basket. We even had play his music anyway. a piper play as the fire ladder got higher I recently had a chat with a colleague and higher. about music. The conversation took differ- The response was great, from the ent twists and turns from local music, to launch on the roof to my last few hours local on -air content and proper promotion. before coming down. Throughout the 24 Then we hit on the entertainment value in hours I was supported by the entire com- radio. I applaud stations that take the time munity as listeners stopped by to make to think up creative and novel ways to make donations and bring me all kinds of food. their station stand out; the different ap- Even people who didn't know what was proaches they take to induce interest even happening saw me on the roof with my during those dreaded voice -tracked hours. tent and were curious enough to stop by How is your station taking measures to and find out what was going on. Carloads ensure your audience is entertained and of people rolling past with the kids point- tries to induce an attitude of "I can't miss a ing and laughing! single moment" in your station's broadcast day? All for a good cause. I had the pleasure of working at a Belleville radio station In the end, it did raise a good amount of money. Local where our sister station's morning team could take what some restaurants and other businesses got involved. We even had 100 may say was simple local content and turn it into an event. I kids who were staying at a local campground call in with remember one morning in particular they took a news story pledges and words of encouragement, which made for great about new local bylaws regarding swimming pools and fences audio. We were on the air until midnight by which time I could and developed an entire morning show around it where the three barely form cohesive sentences, and then back on again at 6 of them spent the morning crammed in a kiddie pool outside a.m. of the station. They were visited by the city bylaw officer as well We also broadcast the event online so people could watch as various listeners who drove by to see if they really were in the from wherever they were. (Note to self: make sure the camera pool. There are countless hard working shows that try to nail is pointing at MY FACE next time, not elsewhere.) We even took the next break to be better, thought provoking and entertain- a call from a service person overseas watching online calling to ing. Bravo! wish us good luck. Everyone wanted to get onside, induding In Owen Sound we were recently approached by a charitable some local politicians who told us they wanted to come up and organization to come up with an idea to raise money for their camp with me next time. (Do you think it was an election year?) annual Send a Kid to Camp fund. We came up with the idea of Months later, it's still a topic of discussion in the commu- putting me on the radio station roof, camping for 24 hours. That nity. The objective and lesson I keep learning here is that enter- was the birth of The MIX 106 24 Hour Roof Top Campout. We tainment builds loyalty, and interest. Next time, though, I'm planned an attack; weeks of teasing the listener with manage- bringing more smores! ment saying they had "big plans" for me to help this charity but to stay tuned to find out. The campaign seemed to work as we Bob Wallace is Morning Co -Host (along with wife Diana Meder) and were approached on the street by listeners trying to guess what Music Director at MIX 106 (CIXK-FM) Owen Sound. He may be the BIG mystery was. reached at (519) 376-2030, extension 369.

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BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 5 Sports is one of the key areas where high definition television really shines, with its pristine wide-screen images and 5.1 sur- round sound. Retailers often report a spike in set sales leading up to major sporting events such as the Super Bowl, the World Series or the Olympic in high Games being broadcast definition. kind in Canada, it will eventually support four Rogers Sportsnet HD feeds, as well as four SD And HD plasma monitors are quickly becoming (Standard Definition) feeds. the norm at sports bars across the country. After CTV acquired The Sports Network (TSN) in for To satisfy their customers' growing appetite 2000, the company was forced to sell its 40% is moving into a HD sports, Rogers Sportsnet stake in Sportsnet. Rogers acquired control of new at its massive newsroom/production studio Sportsnet in 2001, but the network remained a Toronto headquarters, built entirely for high tenant at CTV's Agincourt facility. definition. Probably the largest facility of its "That's what triggered the whole thing, we wanted to move, and when we move(d), we also want(ed) to upgrade the entire facility immediately to HD," said Rogers Media's Vice -President of TV engi- neering, Frank Bruno.

The network, which is viewed by some 174,000 people a day, has been operating a single HD channel since 2003, broadcasting a mixture of true HD as well as up -converted SD content. But the new facility will be entirely HD, enabling them to down -res their SD feeds from an HD master.

BY SCOTT LEHANE New HD production studio

OADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 7 "We'll do all of our production in Quantel Enterprise sQ server -based pro- For Bruno, the system represents a HD, and then the final step will be SD duction system, which includes eight sQ fundamental change in workflow, built down -conversion," explained Bruno. servers with 1,000 hours of HD storage. It around the VJ concept. "Currently, whatever is available to us features 84 seats of sQ View, 14 seats of sQ "A few years back when Sony and via satellite or fibre as HD, we try to turn Edit and six sQ Edit Plus systems, as well Panasonic introduced these little afford- it around and send it out as HD," ex- as two sQ Records and four sQ Plays. able cameras, all of a sudden we had what plained Bruno. "We've been doing that for "One of our prerequisites was the sys- was referred to as the video journalist," the past three years. Many of the Blue Jays tem had to support 120 users at all times," he explained. "What we're doing is we're games that we carry were done in HD. said Bruno. pushing the content out to the writer at We've also been doing NASCAR in HD, In fact, the system, which was pur- his desk, so instead of having him go to so whenever we can get HD from the chased through Quantel's Canadian the content in the production area, now venue we pass it along to our customers." representative, Scarborough -based BSE the content is going out to him. If he Broadcast Systems & Equipment, is prob- wants to he can look at the material and Sports Driver Behind HD ably the second largest in North America prep the material, doing simple 'cuts only' The company also owns a 50% stake after ESPN, which supports over 600 edits at his desktop. He doesn't have to in Dome Productions, which offers users, with 6,000 hours of online storage. go down to the newsroom floor or go to mobile HD production trucks and pro- Applied Electronics was part of the an edit suite to do this." duction services for many of Rogers systems integration team, providing "Instead of you having to go down to Sportsnet's events. engineering, installation and logistical the newsroom you can sit at your desk Bruno reported that customer reaction services. and browse anything that's sitting on the to high -definition sports has been over- "The scale of the project is massive," server at the time," he added. "The true whelming. said Paul Stechly, president of Applied benefit in that is making the content open "Sports has always been the driving Electronics. "Everybody else has been do- to just about anyone who needs it in the force behind high definition. It's always ing piecemeal conversions of plants, but company." been tied to big events like the Super I would say that the Rogers Sportsnet facil- Quantel's sQ View enables journalists Bowl, the World Series, or World Cup ity is the first really significant ground -up to do simple shot selections from their Soccer in HD, so there's a financial ap- HD build in the country." desktops and pass those along to editors petite with customers to fork out the Indeed, the 55,000 -square -foot facil- working sQ Edit or sQ Edit Plus. The sQ money for high definition for this type ity has over 200 miles of cable, 140 equip- Edit Plus offers additional features over of stuff. And since we're nothing but ment racks, 100 frames of audio and video the sQ Edit, such as graphics and effects. sports, it was logical for us to proceed distribution equipment and over 100 Because of Quantel's Frame Magic sys- and move ahead with HD." patchfields, and Stechly added that "we've tem, the data on the server is never actu- "The future is HD, and sports have never seen a job that had so many differ- ally altered, and "cuts only" edits are proven that for sure," he added, "even ent colour codes for cable." stored as non-destructive AAF metadata. more so than movies. At one point, peo- "Because it's being done from the Rogers Sportsnet has also acquired ad- ple were saying that movies would be the ground up, there's the opportunity to do ditional offline storage from Ardendo. driving force behind HD-and to some things that you couldn't do in a retrofit," "The Ardendo system is totally scalable extent it has-but sports has, by far, been he said. "We're trying to incorporate a lot so it really depends on how big your wal- the largest financial driver behind HD." of fresh ideas in organizing the way that let is, but with the Ardendo system we'll The new facility is built around a IT and broadcast systems intermix." probably go for another 5,000 hours of

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More than 100 broadcasters the world over have already turned to Quantel technology to improve workflows and boost revenue. Our technology is enabling them to achieve their goals by maximizilg the potential and productivity of their people, their systems and the new media opportunities that are transforming the business of broadcast. Quantel - technology that means business o Quantel offline/nearline storage. And then we can IconMaster, a modular SD get into robotic tape libraries, they can Frank Bruno. and HD master control and Rogers Media's branding system, which com- be scaled up to anything if you've Vice -President of got the money and the space to TV engineering bines critical master control keep putting more tape robots functions with integrated in space." branding. When Broadcast Dialogue "Because Rogers Sportsnet spoke to Bruno, he had just has four regional channels taken delivery of four new across the country, we will be Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 P2 doing four regional HD chan- HD cameras, which are slat- nels out of that facility, and ed for the Toronto market. we're using the IconMaster The HPX2000 is a high -end, for that," said Bruno. 2/3", 3-CCD shoulder -mount The company also order- camcorder that stores onto ed the new Evertz EQX 576 X five solid state P2 memory 576 router. The EQX supports cards. It supports over 30 HD signals from 3Mb/s all the way up and SD formats. to 3Gb/s, including SD -SDI, HD -SDI, "That was one of the rea- -ROG DVB-ASI, SMPTE 310M digital video sons we went to Quantel," formats, (amongst others), all in a 26 RU said Bruno. "Quantel will frame. read those cards directly. So when you EFP guys preferred this for a variety of "That's going to be 3Gb ready, so attach Panasonic P2 reader, it shows up reasons." basically the plant is going to be wired as content in the Quantel server system." He explained that once those four for 1080P, but we won't be going to that "The only issue is managing the fact cameras have proven themselves in the format," said Bruno. that you're dealing with cards as op- Toronto market, "then we'll slowly roll He explained that several years ago posed to a disk or tape, so it does require them out to all of our other shooters Rogers made a corporate decision to sup- a different mindset," said Bruno. "So it's across the county." port 1080i. "We sat down as a big com- a learning process for us. But we did For master control and branding, pany and figured out what would be an evaluation with this unit and our the company has gone with Harris's the best thing for all of us that would

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10 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 alleviate some of the growing pains and make it into the correct duration that's Telestream seem to be keeping abreast of we selected 1080i," he explained. expected by our cellular carriers." the changes. So whenever a new cell phone "For the audio consoles we've gone He explained that editors also have to comes out or a carrier decides to change with Calrec Omega audio consoles. And keep in mind the needs of cellular viewers. things, it's just a matter of making a phone they're all 5.1 surround sound -ready, so "They need to be choosy about edits and call to Telestream and off you go." we'll be broadcasting 5.1 all the time," they also need to be choosy about the "It's amazing what people are pre- he said. "If the truck is doing it properly, actual font size, because that gets lost on pared to spend on this stuff. You say to it's quite spectacular." a cell phone very quickly." yourself how much of a business could Production control rooms will be out- From there the content needs to be there be in that? But sure enough if you fitted with Ross Vision Switchers, Ross' down -converted to a format like H.264, entice them with the right product at the newest line of switchers, launched at 3GP or Windows Media 9 for cell phones. right price, and you throw in a few value NAB in April."Wé ve tried to stay with "So not only do we convert and refor- added items as well, there's a business Canadian -made products wherever we mat it to those formats, but we also make there. So we're more than happy to be the can," said Bruno. "It's a personal thing- sure that it's the right resolution for those content provider for mobile," he said. to try to support the Canadian economy, formats," said Bruno. "So when you're "We also get the benefit of being able and the good news is they've been ex- looking at HD, you're looking at 1920x to resell our content, and there is an ap- tremely competitive, in terms of prices, 1080i, but cell phones are only good for petite for this type of stuff, mainly from towards the Americans and Europeans." about 240x200, so not only do you have our core demographics, which are young to correct for the resolution, but you guys from 19-35," he added. "It's conve- Mobile Video also have to correct for the actual type of nience more than anything else. If you're "The other thing that we do here that formats." stuck in the middle of nowhere and just has taken off quite successfully is video Rogers Sportsnet is relying on want to get caught up on what's going content to handheld mobile applications. Telestream's Flipfactory for all of its on, it's just a way to do it." We've been doing that since World Cup mobile transcoding. In fact, there are a Training on the new systems was Soccer last year," explained Bruno. "If I plethora of cell phone standards out there, geared to begin in November, and the were to hazard a guess, that's going to be and Brun,o explained that "each cell switch over to the new facility was to a very fast-growing segment for us." phone provider and each cell phone itself, take place in early January. "Let's say, for example, we're record- has different standards, so I've lost count. ing a Blue Jays game, we'll take the high- I think we're at 13-14 different formats, Freelance writer Scott Lehane may be lights from the game, edit it down and we and the good news is companies like reached at [email protected].

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Bureau de la television du Canada [email protected] 1140 Homer St., Suite 301 550, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, bureau 980 www.caip.ca Vancouver BC V6B 2X6 Montréal QC H3A 1B9 P: 604-682-8619 F: 604-684-9294 P: 514-284-0425 F: 514-284-0698 Canadian Broadcast Standards Council PO Box 3265, Stn D 160 John St., 5th Floor [email protected] C ß 5 C www.tvb.ca Ottawa ON KIP 6H8 Li Toronto ON M5V 2E5 P: 613-233-4607 CCN R P: 416-304-0280 F: 416-304-0499 Canada Council for the Arts F: 613-233-4826 www.cftpa.ca 350 Albert St., PO Box 1047 [email protected] Ottawa ON K1P 5V8 www.cbsc.ca Canadian Film Institute P: 613-566-4414 F: 613-566-4390 2 Daly Ave., Suite 120 www. canadacouncil. ca Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Ottawa ON KIN 6E2 447 Gondola Point Rd. P: 613-232-6727 F: 613-232-6315 Canadian Advertising Research Quispamsis NB E2E 1E1 [email protected] Foundation (CARF) P: 506-849-1334 F: 506-849-1338 www.cfi-icf.ca 160 Bloor St. E., Suite 1005 [email protected] Toronto ON M4W 1B9 www.ccsa.cable.ca Canadian Marketing Association P: 416-413-3864 F: 416-413-3879 1 Concorde Gate, Suite 607 www.caif.ca Canadian Communications Foundation Toronto ON M3C 3N6 131 Beecroft Rd., Suite 301 P: 416-391-2362 F: 416-441-4062 Canadian Association of Broadcasters North York ON [email protected] taroade«rttot cona. 306-350 Sparks St. M2N 6G9 www.the-cma.org P.O. Box 627 Stn B P: 416-221-7965 Ottawa ON K1P 5S2 F: 416-221-0243 Canadian Music Week (CMW) P: 613-233-4035 CAB IACR www.broadcasting-history.ca 5355 Vail Crt. F: 613-233-6961 Mississauga ON L5M 6G9 & Television [email protected] Canadian Film P: 905-858-4747 F: 905-858-4848 wwwcab-acr.ca Production Association [email protected] 151 Slater St., Suite 902 www.cmw.net Canadian Association of Internet Ottawa ON K1P 5H3 Providers (CAIP) P: 613-233-1444 F: 613-233-0073 Canadian Recording Industry 388 Albert St., 2nd Floor [email protected] Association (CRIA) Ottawa ON KIR 5B2 www.cftpa.ca 85 Mowat Ave. P: 613-236-6550 F: 613-236-8189 Toronto ON M6K 3E3

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O 2006 Sony of Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in pail without written permission, tions are s P: 416-967-7272 F: 416-967-9415 CIRPA Institute of Communication Agencies [email protected] 30 St. Patrick St., 2nd Floor 2300 Yonge St., Suite 3002 www.cria.ca Toronto ON M5T 3A3 Toronto ON M4P 1E4 P: 416-485-3152 ts* P: 416-482-1396 F: 416-482-1856 Canadian Retransmission Collective F: 416-485-4373 [email protected] 74 The Esplanade [email protected] CIRPA www.icacanada.ca Toronto ON M5E 1A9 www cirpa.ca P: 416-304-0290 F: 416-304-0496 Interactive Ontario [email protected] Concerned Children's Advertisers 99 Atlantic Ave., Suite 411 www.crc-scrc.ca 885 Don Mills Rd., Suite 301 Toronto ON M6K 3J8 Toronto ON M3C 1V9 P: 416-516-0077 F: 416-840-0512 Canadian Satellite Users Association P: 416-484-0871 F: 416-484-6564 www.interactiveontario.com 6835 Century Ave., 2nd Floor [email protected] Mississauga ON L5N 2L2 www.cca-kids.ca L'Alliance des Radios P: 905-826-3451 F: 905-826-4873 Communautaires du Canada [email protected] Directors Guild of Canada 325, rue Dalhousie, 2e étage www.csua.ca 111 Peter St., Suite 402 Ottawa ON KIN 7G2 Toronto ON M5V 2H1 P: 613-562-0000 F: 613-562-2182 Canadian Society of Cinematographers P: 416-482-6640 F: 416-482-6639 [email protected] 3007 Kingston Rd., Suite 131 [email protected] www.radiorfa.com Toronto ON M1M 1P1 www.dgc.ca P: 416-266-0591 F: 416-266-3996 Liason of Independent Filmakers [email protected] Documentary Organization of Canada of Toronto (LIFT) www.csc.ca 215 Spadina Ave. 171 East Liberty St., Suite 301 Toronto ON M5T 2C7 Toronto ON M6K 3P6 Canadian Television Fund P: 416-599-3844 F: 416-979-3936 P: 416-588-6444 F: 416-588-7017 50 Wellington St. E., 4th Floor [email protected] [email protected] Toronto ON M5E 1C8 www.docorg.ca www.lift.on.ca P: 1-877-975-0766 F: 416-214-4420 [email protected] East Coast Music Association (ECMA) Manitoba Audio Recording Industry (MARIA) www.canadiantelevisionfund.ca 145 Richmond St. Association 1-376 Donald St. Charlottetown PE CIA 1 J 1 Winnipeg MB R3B 2J2 Canadian Women in Communications P: 902-892-9040 F: 902-892-9041 67 Yonge St., Suite 804 [email protected] P: 204-942-8650 F: 204-942-6083 Toronto ON M5E 1J8 www.ecma.com [email protected] P: 416-363-1880 F: www.manitobamusic.com 416-363-1882 Electro -Federation Canada [email protected] Manitoba Motion Picture Industry 5800 Explorer Dr., Suite 200 Association (MMPIA) www.cwc-afc.com Mississauga ON L4W 5K9 100-62 Albert St. P: 905-602-8877 F: 905-602-5686 Winnipeg MB R3B 1E9 Canarie Inc. [email protected] P: 204-927-5898 F: 204-943-4007 110 O'Connor St., 4th Floor www.electrofed.com Ottawa ON KIP 5M9 [email protected] www.mmpia.ca P: 613-943-5454 F: 613-943-5443 FACTOR [email protected] 30 Commercial Rd. Media Awareness Network www.canarie.ca Toronto ON M4G 1Z4 1500 Merivale Rd., 3rd Floor P: 416-696-2215 Ottawa ON K2E 6Z5 CARAS [email protected] P: 613-224-7721 F: 613-224-1958 345 Adelaide St. W., 2nd Floor www.factor.ca [email protected] Toronto ON M5V 1R5 www.media-awareness.ca P: 416-485-3135 F: 416-485-4978 FilmOntario [email protected] 625 Church St., 2nd Floor Music BC Industry Association www.carasonline.ca Toronto ON M4Y 2G1 501-425 Carrall St. P:416-642-6704 Vancouver BC V6B 6E3 Broadcast Central Canada Engineers [email protected] P: 604-873-1914 F: 604-873-9686 102 Turtle Path www.filmontario.ca [email protected] Lagoon City ON LOK 1B0 www.musicbc.org P: 1-800-481-4649 Friends of Canadian Broadcasting F: 705-484-2112 ) 131 Bloor St. W, Suite 200/238 Music Managers Forum Canada [email protected] CCBE Toronto ON M5S 1R8 181 Carlaw Ave., Suite 205 www.ccbe.ca P: 416-923-8201 F: 416-923-8248 Toronto ON M4M 2S1 [email protected] P: 416-462-9160 F: 1-866-766-4255 Children's Miracle Network http://friendscb.ca [email protected] 4220 Steeles Ave. W, Suite C18 www musicmanagersforum.ca Woodbridge ON L4L 3S8 Independent Production Fund P: 905-265-9750 2 Carlton St., Suite 1709 Music New Brunswick (MNB) [email protected] Toronto ON M5B 1J3 PO Box 1638 www childrensmiraclenetwork.ca P: 416-977-8966 F: 416-977-0694 Moncton NB El C 9X4 [email protected] P: 506-383-4662 F: 506-383-4329 www ipf.ca [email protected] www.musicnb.org

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Music Nova Scotia Our Public Airwaves SOCAN Society of Composers Authors 302-5516 Spring Garden Rd. PO Box 4400, Stn E and Music Publishers of Canada Halifax NS B3J 1G6 Ottawa ON K1S 5B4 41 Valleybrook Dr. SOCAN P: 902-423-6271 F: 902-423-8841 P: 613-237-3555 F: 613-237-0003 Toronto ON M3B 2S6 [email protected] [email protected] P: 1-800-557-6226/ www.MusicNovaScotia.ca www.publicairwaves.ca 416-445-8700 F: 416-445-7108 MUSICNL Radio Advisory Board of Canada www.socan.ca 102-155 Water St. 811-116 Albert St. St. John's NL A1C 1B3 Ottawa ON K1P 5G3 Television Bureau of Canada Inc. (TVB) P: 709-754-2574 F: 709-754-5758 P: 613-230-3261 160 Bloor St. E., Suite 1005 www.musicnl.ca [email protected] Toronto ON M4W 1B9 www.rabc.ottawa.on.ca P: 416-923-8813 MusicYukon F: 416-413-3879 P: 867-456-8742 or 867-456-2490 Radio Marketing Bureau Inc. [email protected] F: 867-668-3450 175 Bloor St. E. www.tvb.ca [email protected] Suite 316, North Tower radio www.musicyukon.com Toronto ON M4W 3R8 MARKETING BI'KEAII The Actors' Fund of Canada P: 416-922-5757 1000 Yonge St., Suite 301 NABET 700 CEP F: 416-922-6542 Toronto ON M4W 2K2 100 Lombard St., Suite 203 [email protected] P: 416-975-0304 F: 416-975-0306 Toronto ON M5C 1M3 www.rmb.ca [email protected] P: 416-536-4827 F: 416-536-0859 www.actorsfund.ca [email protected] Radio Starmaker Fund www.nabet700.com 25 Adelaide St. E., Ste. 1300 The Alliance for Children and Television Toronto ON M5C 3A1 1400, boul. Rene -Levesque Est, bureau 713 National Advertising Benevolent P: 416-597-6622 F: 416-597-2760 Montreal QC H2L 2M2 Society (NABS) [email protected] P: 514-597-5417 F: 514-597-5205 45 St. Clair Ave. W, Suite 903 www.starmaker.ca [email protected] Toronto ON M4V 1K9 www.act-aet.tv P: 416-962-0446 F: 416-962-9149 ReetWorld Film Festival [email protected] 438 Parliament St., Suite 300 The Canadian Country Music www.nabs.org Toronto ON M5A 3A2 Association (CCMA) P: 416-598-7933 F: 416-585-2524 626 King St. W, Suite 203 National Association of Broadcasters www.reelworld.ca Toronto ON M5V 1M7 1771 N Street N.W. P: 416-947-1331 F: 416-947-5924 Washington DC 20036 RTNDA Canada [email protected] P: 202-429-5300 F: 202-429-5406 2175 Sheppard Ave. E. www.ccma.org [email protected] Suite 310 RTN A www.nab.org Toronto ON M2J 1W8 The Council for Business P: 416-756-2213 F: 416-491-1670 & the Arts in Canada National Campus and Community [email protected] 165 University Ave., Suite 903 Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC) www.rtndacanada.com Toronto ON M5H 3B8 325 Dalhousie, Suite 230 P: 416-869-3016 F: 416-869-0435 Ottawa ON KIN 7G2 Saskatchewan Motion [email protected] P: 613-321-1440 F: 613-321-1442 Picture Association www.businessforarts.org [email protected] W304-2440 Broad St. www ncra.ca Regina SK S4P 4A1 Theatre Ontario Neighbouring Rights P: 306-525-9899 F: 306-569-1818 215 Spadina Ave., Suite 210 Collective of Canada [email protected] Toronto ON M5T 2C7 www.smpia.sk.ca P: 416-408-4556 F: 416-408-3402 1235 Bay Suite 910 St., [email protected] Toronto ON M5R 3K4 SaskMusic www.theatreontario.org P: 416-968-8870 F: 416-962-7797 114-2001 Cornwall St. [email protected] Regina SK S4P 3X9 Toronto Musicians' Association www.nrdv.ca P: 306-347-0676 F: 306-347-7735 15 Gervais Dr., Suite 500 North American Broadcasters [email protected] Toronto ON M3C 1Y8 Association (NABA) www.saskmusic.org P: 416-421-1020 F: 416-421-7011 [email protected] PO Box 500, Station A Shaw Rocket Fund www.torontomusicians.org Toronto ON M5W 1E6 630 -3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 900 P: 416-598-9877 Calgary AB T2P 4L4 Western Association of F: 416-598-9774 P: 403-750-4517 F: 403-750-4635 Broadcast Engineers (WABE) [email protected] [email protected] 300-8120 Beddington iM NnM,n Anoc4lbn www.nabanet.com of Bruxwl ErgMen www.rocketfund.ca Blvd. N.W., Suite 319 Ontario Association of Broadcasters Calgary AB T3K 2A8 ABE Toronto Section P: 403-630-4907 F: 403-295-3135 5762 Hwy 7 East, PO Box 54040 SMPTE [email protected] Markham ON L3P 7Y4 P: 416-237-0625 www.smpte.ca www.wabe.ca P: 905-554-2730 F: 905-554-2731 See our ad on page 14 [email protected] www.oab.ca 18 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Western Association of Broadcasters Allen Telecom Consultants 171-5005 Dalhousie Dr. N.W., Suite 860 (Telecommunications policy) 4. 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Toronto ON M4P 2Y1 307-3219 Yonge St. e2v Technologies P: 416-322-3430 F: 416-322-3703 Toronto ON M4N 2L3 [email protected] P: 905-889-0076 F: 905-889-0078 Fujinon Inc. www.wift.com [email protected] www.canadianfilmmaker.com armediacommunications.com Genesis Integration Inc. Incospec Women in Film and Video Vancouver AVP Inc. Communications Inc. 462-411 Dunsmuir St. (Marketing services company specializing Vancouver BC V6B 1X4 in electronic and event marketing) Linear Systems Ltd!. P: 604-685-1152 F: 604-685-1124 1530 Drew Rd., Unit 17 Inc. [email protected] Mississauga ON L5S 1W8 Marketing Marc Vallée www.womeninfilm.ca P: 905-206-1304 F: 905-206-1170 Panasonic Canada [email protected] Writers Guild of Canada www.avpinc.ca Pippin Technical Service Ltd. 366 Adelaide St. W, Suite 401 Power & Telephone Toronto ON M5V 1R9 Barn Ventures P: 416-979-7907 F: 416-979-9273 (Consultants and investors in media of Canada Ltd. 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ByrnesMedia Winnipeg MB R3P OK7 [email protected] (Full service media P: 204-885-7937 F: 204-885-7179 www.linney.ca consultancy) 2289 Fairview St., Suite 315 Communications Media inc. David M. Craig Burlington ON L7R 2E3 BYRNESMEDIA (Reg. affairs, strategic planning, (Broadcast) P: 1-866-332-1331 corporate dey. and financing of 6 Kelly Cres. F: 905-332-7779 television, film and new media) Port Hope ON L1A 3Z5 [email protected] 120, avenue Sunnyside P: 905-885-6452 www.byrnesmedia.com Montreal QC H3Y 1E4 P: 514-484-3206 DeCourcy Communications Canadata Communications Inc. [email protected] (Media; voice work) 6370 Ryder Lake Rd. 23 Glen Stewart Ave. Chilliwack BC V4Z 1E2 Community-Media.com Toronto ON M4E 1P6 P: 604-858-8825 F: 604-858-8877 (Participatory media, especially community P: 416-694-5271 radio; managment & fundraising workshops) [email protected] Carbone Fleury Consultants #405-325A James St. S. www.pauldecourcy.com (Programming, marketing) Hamilton ON L8P 3B6 2 Cherry Rd. P: 289-439-2841 DiversiPro Inc. Ajax ON LIS 7P8 [email protected] (Specializing in diversity mng. for broad- P: 905-683-5296 www.community-media.com cast media & multicultural ad campaigns) 28 Crayford Dr. Cardozo Policy Consulting Compass Performance Strategies Inc. Toronto ON M1W 3B6 (Research, analysis, writing, facilitation) (Sales training) P: 416-461-6895 F: 416-461-8970 96 First Avenue 147 Briarwood Rd. [email protected] Ottawa ON KI 2G4 Unionville ON L3R 2X1 www.diversipro.com P: 613-563-1927 P: 905-940-0024 F: 905-940-2722 www.comperstrat.com Drew Marketing & Productions Ltd. CASACOM (Marketing promotions) (Communications, PR) CONNECTUS Consulting Inc. 22738-127 Avenue 407, rue McGill, Bureau 1000 (Policy research, analysis and writing; Maple Ridge BC V2X 2Z4 Montreal QC H2Y 2G3 strategic planning and facilitation) P: 604-467-1950 P: 514-286-2145 F: 514-286-6647 251 Loretta Ave. S. www.dickdrew.com [email protected] Ottawa ON K1 4P6 www casacom.ca P: 613-729-8892 F: 613-729-1891 Dumouchel Communications Inc. (Strategic consulting & business development) Clancy's Career Connection Connors Communications 522, rue Casgrain 226 Glen Rouge Dr. (Advertising) Saint -Lambert QC J4R 1G7 North Bay ON P1A 3H8 9524 Ipperwash Rd., RR #2 P: 450-672-0113 F: 450-672-0113 P: 705-472-6095 Forest ON NON 110 [email protected] Earnscliffe Strategy Group CMN / Giant Step Inc. (Government affairs and (Marketing consulting agency, Creative Services & Consulting strategic communications) specializing in interactive media) (Marketing) 46 Elgin St., Suite 300 406 Spadina Ave. 210 Banbury Rd. Ottawa ON KIP 5K6 Toronto ON M5T 2G7 Toronto ON M3B 3C5 P: 613-563-4455 F: 613-236-6173 P: 416-596-0800 P: 416-446-7788 www.earnscliffe.ca [email protected] www.giantstep.ca Cue Two Communications ENS Media Inc. (Media) (Management, advertising and Communications Management Inc. PO Box 8 sales consultants and trainers) (Consultants in media economics) Dunvegan ON KOC 1JO 38 Old Indian Trail 404 Laidlaw Blvd. P: 613-527-2166 Lagoon City ON LOK 1130 P: 705-484-9993 www.wensmedia.com With Sundance Digital, good broad- casting and good business go hand Flycatcher Communications Inc. in hand. Our automation software (Marketing, brand strategy, communications, can improve the efficiency, accuracy, sales and promotions) 5930 Cody Place productivity and profitability of your Nanaimo BC V9V 1J7 broadcast and news operations. P: 250-729-9495 F: 250-756-3587 How's that for smart thinking? www.flycatcher.ca Fodder Consulting (Regulatory affairs, broadcasting) SUNDANC{ 47, de Charny DIGITAL Gatineau QC J8R 2A3 A Part of Avid. P: 613-266-7917 BROADCAST AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS Fred Ennis Consultants Inc. www.sundancedigital.com 972.444.8442 (Communications)

20 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 33 Majestic Dr. intervox.com P: 613-830-9403 F: 613-834-3952 Nepean ON K2G 106 (Digital broadcasting consulting) www loganstrategy.ca P: 613-860-3733 704 South Pitt St. www.nepean.com Alexandria VA 22314 USA Manning Selvage & Lee P: 703-548-7529 (Public relations) Gailforce Communications [email protected] 175 Bloor St., E., Suite 801, North Tower (Media) www.intervox.com Toronto ON M4W 3R8 21 Unsworth Ave. P: 416-967-3702 F: 416-967-6414 Toronto ON M5M 3C4 Isotope Conseil Inc. www.mslpr.com P: 416-483-7339 F: 416-483-7819 (Executive coaching and [email protected] business strategy consulting) Mann -Media 333 Stuart Ave. (Radio programming, talent development, GalipeauGroup Outremont QC H2V 3G9 marketing, promotion and interactive) (Digital and interactive media consulting) P: 514-861-0222 F: 514-861-0225 1502 Stableview Way 402-120 Rosedale Valley Rd. Ottawa ON K4P 1P2 Toronto ON M4W 1P8 James B. Macdonald P: 613-821-9343 P: 416-727-1304 (Strategic, structural and regulatory www.mann-media.ca projects within the broadcasting sector) Geller Media International 32 Normandale Cres. Margo Bates Publicity Inc. (Broadcast programming) Toronto ON M2P 1M8 (Public relations and 666 West End Ave., Suite 11M P: 416-229-9814 F: 647-439-0818 marketing communications) New York NY 10025 USA Ocean Park RPO, Box 45019 P: 212-580-3385 F: 212-787-6279 Janik Media Surrey BC V4A 9L1 www.gellermedia.com (Programming and research, all formats) P: 604-536-9501 F: 604-536-9506 66 Joseph St. mbpr@shaveca Hal Doran Associates Brampton ON L6X 1H8 www.margobatespr.com (Broadcast; media) P: 905-454-3865 F: 905-457-2171 242 Westhaven Cres. www.lizjanik.com McBride Communications & Media Inc. Ottawa ON K1Z 7G3 (Specializing in broadcasting and wireless P: 613-725-3521 F: 613-725-0570 Jeff Guy Consulting technology and business planning) [email protected] (Media) 10760 Fundy Dr. 4 Westbury Grove Richmond BC V7E 5K7 Harding International & Associates Inc. London ON N6J 3E1 P: 604-220-8393 F: 604-677-6316 (Business Leadership. Corporate P: 519-686-0137 F: 519-680-0311 [email protected] Intelligence Awareness. Career www.mcmi.ca Transition. Key Note Talks) Joint Communications Corp. 30 Roden Place (Market research, McCormick Telecom Consulting Ltd. Toronto ON M5R 1P5 cluster strategy, JOINT 2558 Colwood Dr. COMMUNICATIONS P: 416-962-6700 F: 416-962-7044 radio & television) North Vancouver BC V7R 2R1 [email protected] 1720 Post Rd. E., Suite 214 P: 604-817-6532 www.HardingIntl.com Westport CT 06880 USA [email protected] P: 203-227-9533 Heather Suttie & Associates [email protected] McGrath Communications Inc. (Business development www.jointcommunications.com (Imaging, voiceovers) and marketing consulting) 67 Warwick Ave. 803-1331 Bay St. KS Communications Ajax ON LIZ 1L6 Toronto ON M5R 2C4 (Marketing Communications) P: 416-876-3945 F: 905-619-9045 P: 416-964-9607 38 Metropole, Suite 1103 [email protected] www heathersuttie.ca Ottawa ON K1 1E9 www.johnsvoice.com P: 613-798-8333 HippoMedia MCI&E-International (Providing expertise specific to Le Groupe CIC (Events planning specialists) broadcasters in defining a web strategy (Broadcasting, telecommunications, 8 Donhaven Rd. that incorporates local and national sales) cultural industries) Markham ON L6E 1S7 Kenora ON 30, chemin des Trilles P: 905-472-6779 P: 807-548-8009 Laval QC H7Y 1K2 [email protected] wwwhippomedia.net P: 514-983-4869 www.mcie-meetingplanning.com www.groupecic.ca Hume Communications Inc. McVay Media (Broadcast) Level Ten Communications (Broadcast radio consultants) 95 Chalet Cres. (Media & public relations, corp. communi- 2001 Crocker Rd., Suite 260 London ON N6K 3C5 cations, web management & design) Westlake Ohio 44145 USA P: 519-657-7755 F: 519-657-7796 10 Flerimac Rd. P: 440-892-1910 F: 440-892-8817 Scarborough ON M lE 4A9 [email protected] Humewood Communications P: 416-284-4932 www.McVayMedia.com Corporation www.leveltencommunications.com (Entertainment law) MDM Associates 26 Yarmouth Rd. Logan Strategy Inc. (Broadcast) Toronto ON M6G 1W6 (Regulatory, strategic planning, facilitation) 16 Edwin Cres. P: 416-658-2929 F: 416-658-3176 6251 Ravine Way Tillsonburg ON N4G 5H2 www.humewood.ca Ottawa ON K1C 7G1 P: 519-688-4616

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Media Asset Capital Nordicity Group Ltd. RayCom 60 South Dr. (Consulting to media companies with (Broadcast and telecom services) Toronto ON M4W 1R1 business and technology solutions) 903-108 Street N.W. P: 416-925-1666 157 Adelaide St. W, Suite 407 Edmonton AB T6J 6J3 Toronto ON M5H 4E7 P: 780-907-5077 F: 866-562-2248 Medialntelligence Inc. P: 416-657-2521 (Recruitment, training and career manage- www.nordicity.com Redsun Media ment services for media and cultural sectors) (Communications) 200-1061 Bathurst St. Northwest Broadcasters 16 Alden Ave. Toronto ON M5R 3G8 (Web design/Editor) Etobicoke ON M8Z 105 P: 416-533-6788 4747 Highland Blvd. P: 416-253-0611 [email protected] North Vancouver BC V7R 3A6 [email protected] www. m ediaintelligence. ca P: 604-985-4700 F: 604-985-4700 http://nwbroadcasters.com Rothschild & Co. Meeker Media Inc. (Broadcast (Marketing and communications counsel) Novak and Associates Strategic Sales Inc. consultants) 24 Cliffside Ave. (Privacy, sales and marketing) 67 Farnham Ave. Conception Bay South NL Al W 4G7 1101 Leslie St., Suite 606 Toronto ON M4V 1H6 P: 709-834-5456 Toronto ON M3C 4G3 P: 416-801-9701 F: 416-595-9889 www.meekermedia.ca P: 204-797-3939 www.novaksalesskills.com RPM Media Inc. MHL Communications (Content management solutions for (Strategic planning; business Opulus Entertainment Marketing small and mid market station websites) plans for the music industry) (Publicity and Promotions) 4400 Hickmore Ave. 64 Baby Point Rd. 147 Dundas St. E. Montreal QC H4T 1K2 Toronto ON M6S 3G3 Toronto ON M5B 1E4 P: 514-769-5448 F: 514-769-9322 P: 416-767-1768 F: 416-767-2191 P: 416-540-7125 [email protected] www.rpmmediainc.com Mike Cleaver Broadcast Services Paul Fockler (News and engineering) (Broadcast) Russ Le Blanc Enterprises 202-1815 Cornwall Ave. 46 Willow Landing Rd. 27-1300 King St. E., Suite 105 Vancouver BC V6J 106 Midhurst ON LOL 1X1 Oshawa ON L1H 8J4 P: 604-417-6556 P: 705-739-1761 F: 705-739-1761 P: 905-430-2933 F: 905-430-7933 [email protected] [email protected] Paul Monty Communications Momentum Media Marketing Inc. (Regulatory, strategic planning) Searchlight Recruitment (Full Service media mar- 13 Lortie (Recruitment) keting company helping Gatineau QC J9H 4G6 momentum 2 St. Clair Ave. E., Suite 800 broadcasters, networks, P: 819-685-1638 Toronto ON M4T 2T5 B2Bs sell www.paulmonty.com and market and P: 416-645-3776 F: 416-513-0348 their media brands to www.searchlightcanada.com audience, stations, and advertisers) Peter Fleming Consulting 220-196 W 3rd Avenue (Regulatory) Simpson Johnson Vancouver BC V5Y 1E9 108 Granville St. 44 Ennisclare Dr. W. Vanier ON K1L 6Y4 P: 604-872-8900 F: 778-371-7543 Oakville ON L6J 4N2 P: 613-746-1500 www.MomentumMediaMarketing.com P: 905-842-6039 F: 905-849-7309 New Revenue Solutions Canada Ltd. PGW & Associates Inc. (Strategic and business planning related Sinclair Media Inc. (Performance based media sales initiatives) (Programming, business planning, format 230 to media technology, broadcasting and 3385 Harvester Rd., Suite consulting, MusicMaster Canada Sales) Burlington ON L7N 3N2 film/television production) 12 Maplewood Dr. P: 1-866-678-5900/905-333-5900 142 Legendary Trail Whitby ON LAN 7A5 F: 905-333-5909 Stouffville ON L4A 1N4 P: 905-665-1220 F: 866-619-2173 www newrevenuesolutions.ca P: 905-642-0485 F: 905-642-0485 NextMedia Phantom Productions Solutions Communications (Marketing communications and education) consulting)busi- (Voicing services) 33 Rossmore Rd. ness 135 Cedar Glen Rd. NexModlia Toronto ON M6G 2M6 59 Strathcona Ave. Winnipeg MB R3Y 1R2 P: 416-516-2865 Toronto ON M4J 1G9 P: 204-488-0652 F: 204-488-0718 [email protected] P: 416-971-9973 F: 416-971-4828 Planet3 Communications Ltd. [email protected] Sound Environments www.nextmediacompany.com (Communications; PR) 90A Isabella St., 3rd Floor (Music consultant) 44 Stubbs Dr., Suite 502 Noll & Associates Management Services Toronto ON M4Y 1N4 Toronto ON M2L 2R3 (Media sales train- P: 647-346-4101 F: 647-346-4104 P: 416-802-7311 ing & NoII &Associates 2255B Queen St. E. Plehnaci (i can help) Stark Ravings!!! Suite 824 (Meetings/conference planning) 63 Briarwood Rd. Toronto ON M4E 1G3 31 Coleway St. Markham ON L3R 2W7 P: 416-694-0028 Nepean ON K2G OK8 P: 905-948-9692 F: 905-948-1609 www.nollmedia.com P: 613-723-7237 F: 613-723-9009 22 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Storytime Tomik inc. [email protected] (Writing services) (Strategic sales and marketing) www.wallstreetcom.tv 526 Crawford St. 2-20 Shires Lane Toronto ON M6G 3J8 Toronto ON M8Z 6E1 Youngradio Management P: 416-538-8045 F: 416-538-3903 P: 416-722-1164 1504 Aurora Ave. N., #307 Seattle WA 98109 Sue -Ting -Len Inc. Tomorrow's Solutions P: 206-286-8120 F: 206-374-2506 (Media, communications) (Broadcast sales) [email protected] 321 East 48th Street, #6L 515 Riverside Dr. faMleR%23 New York NY 10017 USA W, #1502 P: 212-758-0212 F: 212-759-2504 Windsor ON N9A 7C3 CONSULTANTS- P: 519-258-6366 Suzanne Marshall [email protected] Technical (Research for the broadcast industry) 100 Queen St. Two Red Chairs -Leadership Coaching Accenture Guelph ON NIE 4S1 (Executive coaching for the media industry) (Technology, management) Dr., Suite 400 P: 519-763-5449 2 Gwendolen Ave. 5450 Explorer Toronto ON M2N 1A2 Mississauga ON L4W 5M1 Ted Arnold P: 416-229-9494 P: 416-641-5000 F: 416-641-5099 (Broadcast consultant) www.tworedchairs.ca www.accenture.com 250 Bridlewood Lane S.W. Calgary AB T2Y 3X8 View From the Duck Pond Inc. Advanced Broadcast Cabling P: 403-281-8789 (Marketing, strategy, (Cable management & installation services) communications) 3423 East Hastings, Suite 313 Terra Terra Communications 1164 Duck Pond Rd., RR 2 Vancouver BC V5K 2A5 (Development of specialty channels, Lakefield ON KOL 2H0 P: 604-808-7283 agent for foreign channels) P: 705-875-1844 info@advancedbroadcastcabling 645 Wellington, Suite 218 [email protected] www.advancedbroadcastcabling.com Montreal QC H3C 1T2 See our ad on page 54 P: 514-844-3566 F: 514-499-0202 Advanced Technical Services [email protected] Vortxt Interactive (Technical services) www.terraterra.ca (Specializing in mobile marketing) Box 758 59 Front St. E., Suite 300 Squamish BC V8B 0A6 P: 604-892-1507 F: 604-892-1520 Terry E. Markus Toronto ON M5E 1 B3 (Legal and business affairs consulting P: 416-483-9934 F: 416-483-6323 services for the entertainment and media) [email protected] Advanced Transmission Solutions 1670 Bayview Ave., Suite 402 www.vortxt.com (Engineering consulting: AM, FM, Toronto ON M4G 3C2 TV, DAB, Microwave and Satellite) P: 416-486-1688 F: 416-486-2274 Vos Media 4920, rue des Bouleaux (Marketing, communications Sainte -Catherine QC J5C 1L2 The MediaTech Group Inc. and television production) P: 514-946-5281 F: 514-879-3254 (Broadcast consultant; customized voice 118 Wentworth Landing S.W. [email protected] services; remnant inventory specialist) Calgary AB T3H 5X1 6a-170 The Donway W., Suite 930 P: 403-477-1587 F: 403-355-0056 Airwaves Technical Services Toronto ON M3C 2E8 (Systems design; and installation services; P: 416-424-2220/866-611-8177 Wall Street Communications new and pre -owned equipment) F: 416-322-3431 (PR and marcom services specializing in 3 Havenridge Cres. www.marcchambers.com entertainment & microelectronic technology) London ON N6H 4L5 1299 East 4500 S. P: 519-657-4532 The Radio Store Salt Lake City UT 84117 USA [email protected] (Broadcast creative) P: 801-266-0077 F: 801-266-0778 33 Hazelton Ave., Suite 414 Toronto ON M5R 2E3 P: 1-888-367-2346 [email protected]

The Vision Company (Sales & Marketing) 5tayon Box 1418 Cochrane AB T4C 1B4 P: 403-804-2064 tu cA i [email protected] ir We Protect: Todd Wallace & Associates INTERNATIONAL dip Digital and ILEA (Programming, marketing/promotion) f Analog Transmitters rourBroadcast Surge 6109 W Donald Dr. Suppression Specialists Glendale AZ 85310 USA Studio Equipment and 208.762.6121 <, 800.881.8506 P: 623-362-8633 F: 623-362-8321 Facilities lea@Ieaintl. [email protected] www.leaintl.com

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AZCAR Technologies Incorporated CatvExpert Elder Engineering Inc. (Full service broadcast & (Training & Consulting in CAT V-HFC system) (Engineering & technology, broadcast) media systems engineering & 25 Gabrielle Roy Pl. P.O. Box 10 integration; project mgt; con- Verdun QC H3E 1M3 King City ON L7B 1A4 sulting; engineering; equipment P: 514-767-3687 P: 905-833-5141 F: 905-833-2101 supply; installation) http://pages.videotron.com/joe50/ [email protected] 3235 -14th Avenue AZCAR Markham ON L3R OH3 Cocos & Keeling Inc. Firmin & Associates P: 1-888-694-6623/905-470-2545 (Broadcast television operations (Technical consultations for studio & F: 905-470-2559 and project management) transmitter project design and management) [email protected] 115 George St., Suite 609 102 Turtle Path www.azcar.com Oakville ON L6J 0A2 Brechin ON LOK 1130 P: 416-804-3929 P: 705-484-5627 F: 705-484-2112 BDMComm www.cocos.tv (Engineering) Fox Group Telecom Consulting 2696 Regina St. D. H. Macaulay Eng. (Management consultants & analysts in Ottawa ON K2B 6Y1 (Broadcast engineering) telecommunications, IT & call centres; P: 613-820-3207 688 Main technology consulting in wireless and VoIP) [email protected] Hudson QC JOP 1H0 5022 Herald Rd. P: 450-458-4746 F: 450-458-2464 Mount Albert ON LOG IMO Broadcast Equipment P: 905-473-3369 F: 888-669-3698 & Services Brokerage D. Oliver and Associates Limited [email protected] (Technical services) (Engineering) www.foxgroup.ca 122 Jordan Dr. 203-1 Lawlor Ave. Orangeville ON L9W 4W4 Toronto ON M4E 3L8 G.S. Broadcast Technical Services Ltd. P: 416-428-1090 P: 416-543-3360 (Broadcast station design -construction) [email protected] 942 Blyleven Blvd. www.broadcastbrokerage.com D.E.M. Allen & Associates Ltd. Mississauga ON L5V 2G5 (Broadcasting-Communications systems P: 905-814-7902 F: 647-439-0972 Bruce Carnegie AM, FM, TV, DRB, MMDS, LMCS, www.gsbts.com (Broadcast engineer) Microwave, Safety Code 6) 35 Widdicombe Hill, Suite 906 130 Cree Cres. G.W. Brothers & Associates Toronto ON M9R 1B2 Winnipeg MB R3J 3W1 (Broadband and broadcast P: 416-246-9654/705-687-4222 P: 204-889-9202 F: 204-831-6650 engineering solutions) [email protected] www.dema.mb.ca 4019 Gulf View Dr.

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Contact Angela Coates Associate Director, Vu! Productions Phone: (416) 383-6148 Vu `Productions www.vuproductions.ca We're not just looking ahead, we're setting the standard. Bell ExpressVu I P 115 Scarsdale Road North York, Ontario M3B 2R2 Nanaimo BC V9T 6B4 P: 905-517-8309 Ron Paley Broadcast P: 250-758-0877 [email protected] (Specializing in your radio stations' automation, console, Great Lakes Integration KENSAR Telecommunications Ltd. routers, processors and solu- technical ser- (AM, FM, TV and telecommunications tions needs. Representative (Turnkey project integration, in Palsy tinMtrt vices, broadcast products, IT automation) engineering, design and project management) of Wheatstone, Vorsis, Pro - 19 Churchill Dr. 4852 Vista Place Racks Computers and 360 Replays) Barrie ON L4N 8Z5 West Vancouver BC V7W 3E7 39 Bethune Way P: 705-733-3307 F: 705-733-1218 P: 604-925-8000 Winnipeg MB R2M 5J9 [email protected] P: 204-480-0429/1-866-460-3119 wwwgreatlakesintegration.com KTC Technology Ltd. www.ronpaleybroadcast.com provides engineer- (KTC KTÇo9Y Group One Acoustics Inc. ing services for radio sta- us4 SAE Inc. (Acoustics) tions. We also design and wvrooktoWeetea, (SAE engineered grounding 1538 Sherway Dr. sell software products, and lightning protection systems) Mississauga ON L4X 1C4 such as ReeLogger and XStudio) 19 Churchill Dr. P: 905-896-0988 F: 905-897-7794 68 Woodstock Dr. Barrie ON L4N 8Z5 [email protected] Sherwood Park AB T8A 4C3 P: 705-733-3307 F: 705-733-1218 P: 780-417-7797 F: 780-665-6207 [email protected] Grundy Telcom Integration Inc. www.ktctech.com www.saeinc.com (Turnkey project integration, technical services, broadcast products) McClure Consultants LLC Shel-Bar Electronic Industries Ltd. 5035 North Service Rd., Unit D7 (US Representative for Electrosys) (Design, installation, maintenance Burlington ON L7L 5V2 11123 Zephyr St. and sales services; training) P: 905-331-8501 F: 905-331-6711 Westminster CO 80021 USA Box 158 [email protected] P: 303-469-6005 F: 303-469-1885 Erskine AB TOC 1G0 www.grundytel.com www.electrosys.it P: 403-275-7762 F: 403-275-7764 [email protected] Haron Enterprises Canada Mesa Broadcast Mechanics Ltd. www.shel-bar.com (Specializing in both the operational (Radio broadcast studio/transmitter site aspects of running a television program design, construction and maintenance) Stauffer Technical Services service as well as consulting on broadcast 1116 Surrey St. S.W. (Engineering/technology) design and technologies) Calgary AB T3C 2Y9 1193 Swan St. Ayr NOB 1E0 7 Saunders Lane P: 403-540-0212 F: 403-686-3553 ON Thornhill ON L3T 5K3 [email protected] P: 519-632-7566 P: 416-727-8295 F: 905-886-9635 [email protected] [email protected] Montana Engineering Inc. www.haronenterprises.com (Engineering & project management Storm Communications services to the television industry) (Intern. IT & wireless broadcast devices; freelance photography & radio/TV stock HN Telecom Inc. 880 Wildrush Place (Engineering/technology) Newmarket ON L3X 1L7 photography) 2263 Redbud Lane, Suite 115 1160 Douglas Rd. P: 905-895-7723 F: 905-895-7450 BC V6K 4V7 Burnaby BC V5C 4Z6 [email protected] Vancouver P: 604-228-0644 F: 778-786-1414 P: 604-294-3401 F: 604-299-6712 www.montanaeng.com [email protected] Tetsuo Yoshino Broadcast & www.hntelecom.com Outcom Systems Inc. (Satellite, microwave, fibre optics) Communication Consulting (Technical applications/on-site HP Services 128 King St. W. supervision for FM, MW, DTV (Consulting, planning, turnkey Uxbridge ON L9P 1B1 transitional and final) installation, repairs and cali- P: 905-852-8899 F: 905-852-6615 17 Somerside Close S.W. bration, studio and transmitter [email protected] Calgary AB T2Y 4G7 maintenance. HP Services is www.canadian-shield.ca P: 403-257-8062 one stop shopping for broad- Services Cell: 403-993-1936 cast technical.) P. Mundie & Associates F: 403-257-8076 46 Kings College Rd. (Engineering) tyoshino@shave ca Thornhill ON L3T 5J7 14 Westwood Dr. P: 905-889-3601 F: 905-889-3601 Hudson QC JOP 1H0 The Delarson Group Inc. P: 514-488-9581 F: 450-458-9994 [email protected] (Acoustic consulting for recording studios, www.hpservices.ca radio, TV and performance) Pierre Labarre & Associates Ltd. 132 Railside Rd., Unit 14 J. Services (Broadcast consulting engineers) Sluymer Technical Toronto ON M3A 1A3 (Engineering) 420 Notre-Dame P: 416-449-9808 F: 416-751-7975 Townline Rd. St -Lambert QC J4P 2K4 3605 www.delarson.com Grassie ON LOR 1M0 P: 450-672-7813 F: 450-672-9033 P: 905-643-1364 F: 905-643-2053 www labarre.ca The Sapphire Company [email protected] (Business & technology; broadcasting; cable) Systems Radio/Vision P.O. Box 2310 (Broadcast contracting) John McCloy engineering Richmond Hill ON L4E 1A5 347 Vances Side Rd., RR#1 (Engineering/Technology) P: 416-523-8005 1T0 19 Sovereign Ave. Dunrobin ON KOA [email protected] P: 613-832-2860 F: 613-832-4349 Dundas ON L9H 5Z8 www.sapphiremyst.com

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Thomas Young & Associates 130 Spadina Ave., Suite 401 P: 416-964-8750 F: 416-964-1980 4 Quain Rd. Toronto ON M5V 2L4 [email protected] Chelsea QC J9B 1H5 P: 416-362-3223 F: 416-362-3553 www.ccientertainment.com P: 819-827-3550 www.bbcworldwidetv.com Christensen Communications Ltd. UHF Communications Inc. Bell ExpressVu LP (Great radio cartoon fun, spoofing Canada's (Design & installation of AM/FM/TV systems, (Broadcast Distribution Undertaking/ great TV children's show. Starring Tom specialty support to new/small broadcasters) PPV Licensee) Rivers as "Unfriendly" and Erik Tomas 47 Bridgeport Rd. E. 115 Scarsdale Rd. as Rusty and Jerome) Waterloo ON N2J 2J4 Toronto ON M3B 2R2 18 Turtle Path P: 519-883-8812 F: 519-884-4225 P: 416-383-6600 Lagoon City ON LOK 1BO www.uhfcomm.com www.bell.ca P: 705-484-0752 See our ad on page 24 [email protected] Valhalla Systems (Engineering/Technology) BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd. CHUM Radio Network PO BOX 158, Suite 203, 992 Dorman Rd. (Film and video) (The CHUM Radio Network offers a unique Bowen Island BC VON 1G0 360 Newkirk Rd. music and entertainment based syndication P: 604-947-2196 F: 604-947-2197 Richmond Hill ON L4C 3G7 service, supplying programming to radio P: 905-884-2323 F: 905-884-8292 stations across Canada.) Varcon Inc. [email protected] 1331 Yonge St. (Engineering, towers) www.bfsent.com Toronto ON M4T 1Y1 56 Avonlea Crt., Suite 100 P: 416-926-4163 Fredericton NB E3C 1N8 Big Barn Distribution [email protected] P: 506-454-3233 (Programming) www.chumradionetwork.com [email protected] 2100 Bloor St. W, Suite 6136 Toronto ON M6S 5A5 Ciné Télé Action International Inc. 237 Mapleview E., Drive Unit lA P: 416-761-9660 F: 416-761-1045 (TV programs) Barrie OW5 ON L4N [email protected] 1306, rue St -Catherine Est P: 705-734-3668 F: 705-734-1933 Montréal QC H2L 2H5 www.varcon.ca BLH Communications Inc. P: 514-524-1118 F: 514-524-2041 (Radio weather feeds; radio & television con- [email protected] Vellone Communications sulting by Canadian meteorologist Brian Hill) www.cineteleaction.com (Multimedia products) 100 Beaconview Heights, Suite 105 2670 Flaubert Parry Sound ON P2A 2E1 Creative Licence Pictures Laval QC H7E 2L4 P: 416-819-5051 (Specializing in TV production P: 514-729-9446 [email protected] and international distribution) [email protected] www.highwayweather.com 3017 Queen St. E., 2nd Floor, Suite E4 www.vellone.com/velcom Toronto ON MIN lA5 Camroux & Company Limited P: 416-628-4312 Wayne A. Stacey & Associates Ltd. (Radio feature focused on RVing) (Engineering/Regulatory) [email protected] P: 905-356-5188 www.creativelicence.ca 2145 Hubbard Cr. www.rvminute.com Ottawa ON K1J 6L3 Criterion Pictures P: 613-745-9151 Canadian Filmmakers (Feature entertainment movies) William Dormer P.Eng Distribution Centre 41 Homer Ave., Unit 3 (Engineering) (Non-commercial distributor and resource Toronto ON M8Z 4X4 for independently produced film) P: 27 Abingdon Dr. 1-800-565-1996 F: 416-251-3720 401 Richmond St. W, Suite 119 Ottawa ON K2H 7M5 www.criterionpic.com Toronto ON M5V 3A8 P: 613-829-0915 P: 416-588-0725 F: 416-588-7956 Dale Baglo Broadcast Inc Yves R. Hamel & Associates Inc. [email protected] (Holiday radio specials) (Technical and Engineering) www.cfmdc.org 3334 Betula Place 424 Guy St., Suite 102 Victoria BC V9C 2N6 Montreal QC H3J 1S6 Canamedia Productions Ltd. P: 250-391-1516 F: 250-391-9585 (TV and Video) P: 514-934-3024 F: 514-934-2245 dbbroadcast@shave ca [email protected] 381 Richmond St. E., Suite 200 www.thegiftofchristmas.com www.yrh.com Toronto ON M5A 1P6 P: 416-483-7446 F: 416-483-7529 Deep Sky Networks [email protected] (Producer & distributor of highly www.canamedia.com trageted & format specific syndicated DISTRIBUTORS / radio programmes and specials) SYNDICATORS CBS Paramount International Television 1 Dundas St. W, Suite 1800 2 Bloor St. W, Suite 2701 Toronto ON M5G 1Z3 Alliance Films Toronto ON M4W 3E2 P: 416-847-3337 F: 416-646-8629 121 Bloor St. E., 15th Floor P: 416-969-7119 F: 416-922-4743 www.deepskysmi.com Toronto ON M4W 3M5 www.cbsparamount.com P: 416-967-1174 Distraction Formats www.alliancefilms.ca CCI Entertainment (Independent format distributor with (TV programs) four catalogues: Formats, Ready -to -Air, BBC Worldwide Canada Ltd. 18 Dupont St. Library and Paper Formats) (TV programmes) Toronto ON M5R 1V2 550, Sherbrooke W, Suite 1680, Tour Ouest

26 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Montréal QC H3A 1B9 F: 705-750-0542 [email protected] P: 514-844-5800 F: 514-844-8210 [email protected] www.equinoxefilms.com [email protected] www.impactcom.ca www.distraction.com LM Media Marketing Services Ltd. Jones Radio Networks (Film and video) Domino Film and TV International Ltd. (Music programming & consulting; 209 Dundas St. E., Lower Level #3 (Theatrical feature films & TV programming) daypart personalities; research & prep) Whitby ON L1N 7H8 4002 Grey Ave. 3131 Elliot Ave., Suite 770 P: 905-668-4159 F: 905-665-9353 Montreal QC H4A 3P1 Seattle WA 98121 USA [email protected] P: 514-484-0446 F: 514-484-0468 P: 1-800-426-9082 F: 206-441-6582 www.lm-media.com [email protected] www.jonesradio.com www.dominofilm.ca Lovebug Media kaBOOM! Entertainment Inc. (Radio programming; Ellis Entertainment Corporation ("Licensed" product lines; and many syndicated talk show host) (Programming) high profile children's licenses) 330 Athlone Ave. 1300 Yonge St., Suite 300 1867 Yonge St., Suite 650 Ottawa ON KIZ 5M4 Toronto ON M4T 1X3 Toronto ON M4S 1Y5 P: 613-321-4951 F: 613-321-4952 P: 416-924-2186 F: 416-924-6115 P: 416-783-8383 F: 416-783-8384 [email protected] [email protected] Maple Pictures Corp. www.ellisent.com www.kaboom-ent.com (Grassroots acquisition, production and distribution of diverse and distinctive Farm Market News Kaleidoscope Entertainment Inc. filmed entertainment) (Farm market reports) 23 Lesmill Rd., Suite 201 2 Bloor St. W, Suite 1001 70 Arthur St., Suite 101 Toronto ON M3B 3P6 Toronto ON M4W 3E2 Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7 P: 416-443-9200 F: 416-443-8685 P: 416-944-0104 F: 416-944-2212 P: 204-947-1700 F: 204-947-1044 [email protected] [email protected] King Motion Picture Corporation www.maplepictures.com www.canada-grain.com/newswire/agnews/ 1702 Bell Tower, 10104-103 Avenue current.cfm Edmonton AB T5J OH8 Marlin Motion Pictures Ltd. P: 780-424-2950 F: 780-420-0518 (Film, video, DVD) FastChannel Canada [email protected] 211 Watline Ave. (Internet delivery tools for broadcast www.thislivingworld.com Mississauga ON L4Z 1P3 advertising and music industry) P: 905-890-1500 F: 905-890-6550 36 King St. E. KZOO Radio Works [email protected] Toronto ON MSC 2L9 (Radio; audio production) www.marlineducation.com P: 416-507-2032 F: 416-364-8896 2-150 Goulet St. www.fastchannelcanada.com Winnipeg MB R2H OR7 MediaNet Communications Corp P: 204-233-6286 (Radio Network; Filmoption International Inc. A/V studios) o rnEdian,f v. (TV Programming) La Vella Radio Group 75 Sherbourne St., Suite 323 3401, St -Antoine (Producers/distributors of CHR programs; Toronto ON M5A 2P9 Westmount QC H3Z 1X1 made -for-mobile -phone audio programming) P: 416-703-9938 F: 416-362-2489 P: 514-931-6180 F: 514-939-2034 89 Meadow Wood Cres. [email protected] [email protected] Stoney Creek ON L8J 3Z7 www.medianetcommunications.com www.filmoption.com P: 905-962-7591 [email protected] MIJO Comprehensive Forbes Broadcast Services www.lavellaradiogroup.com (A Div. of MIJO Corporation) (Distributor of television and radio creative (Television and radio commercial fulfillment; to North American broadcasters) Les Films Equinoxe Inc. bilingual closed captioning; HD services) 111 Peter St., Suite 628 (Film) 635 Queen St. E. Toronto ON M5V 2H1 505, rue Sherbrook Est, Bureau 2401 Toronto ON M4M 1G4 P: 416-599-8083 F: 416-599-7864 Montreal QC H2L 4N3 P: 416-964-7539 F: 416-778-9799 www.forbes.on.ca P: 514-844-0680 F: 514-499-9899 www.mijo.ca Grace Broadcast Sales (Syndicated radio features) 225 S.W. Skyline Dr. Pullman WA 99163 USA P: 1-888-472-2388 www.gracebroadcast.com purelnnofreatlon Highway Entertainment (TV Programming) 655 Bay St., Suite 1005 Tools for the Creative Professional Toronto ON M5G 2K4 P: 416-964-8788 F: 416-964-7988 416.203.6800 Impact Communications (Bob Izumi's Real Fishing Radio/TV) 277 George St., Suite 211 Avid, Peterborough ON K9J 3G9 P: 705-750-1286/1-888-296-8978

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Mongrel Media Peace Arch Television Ltd. Signature Entertainment Group (Independent film distributor) (We create, acquire and distribute (Radio programming) 1028 Queen St. W. feature film, television and specialty 14 Grosvenor Crt. Toronto ON M6J 1 H6 programming throughout the world) Thornhill ON L3T 5T5 P: 416-516-9775 F: 416-516-0651 1867 Yonge St., Suite 650 P: 905-882-2486 [email protected] Toronto ON M4S 1Y5 [email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com P: 416-783-8383 F: 416-783-8384 www.PeaceArch.com Skywords Traffic Network NBC Universal (Radio programming specializing in traffic (Motion pictures and series Pirate Group Inc. & weather reports, business, news & sports) to all media in Canada) (Radio programming ideas for 95 um! R snt. syndication, Royal Crest Crt., Unit 5 2450 Victoria Park Ave. station imaging, and special event content) Markham ON L3R 9X5 Toronto ON M2J 4A2 260 King St. E., Suite 507 P: 905-470-7655 F: 905-470-1655 P: 416-491-3000 F: 416-491-5180 Toronto ON M5A 1K3 [email protected] www.universalstudioscanada.com P: 416-594-3784 F: 416-360-1789 www.skywords.com www pirate.ca Nelvana Ltd. slingspot.com (Global children's and Raceline Motorsport Television & Radio (A Division of MIJO Corporation) family entertainment company) (Motosport related programming) (Internet based radio spot 42 Pardee Ave. 3070 Mainway, Suite 6 distribution service) Toronto ON M6K 1X8 Burlington ON L7M 3X1 635 Queen St. E. P: 416-535-0935 F: 416-530-2832 P: 905-332-7223 F: 905-332-1232 Toronto ON M4M 1G4 www.nelvana.com [email protected] P: 416-778-7014 F: 416-778-9799 www.raceline.ca [email protected] Oasis International www.slingspot.com (International film and TV licensing) Radio Tele.Tex Inc. 6 Pardee Ave., Suite 103 (Radio) Sony Pictures Releasing Canada Toronto ON M6K 3H5 294, blvd Desmarchais 1303 Yonge St., Suite 100 P: 416-588-6821 F: 416-588-7276 Verdun QC H4H 1S4 Toronto ON M4T 1W6 [email protected] P: 514-766-2714 F: 514-761-2087 P: 416-922-5740 F: 416-922-9749 www.oasisinternational.com [email protected] www.sonypictures.com

Octapixx Worldwide Representative Films International Ltd. Sound Source Networks (Television programming & ancillary rights) 120 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 1000 (Radio & on-line sound source networks 200 Tiffield Rd., Suite 101 Toronto ON M4P 1E2 radio syndication) Toronto ON M1V 511 P: 416-482-4472 F: 416-483-9874 2 St. Clair Ave. W, 11th Floor P: 416-449-9400 F: 416-449-9498 [email protected] Toronto ON M4V 1L6 [email protected] P: 416-922-1290 F: 416-323-6819 www.octapixx.com Rhombus International Inc. [email protected] (Feature films/tv programmes www.soundsource.ca Paramount Pictures on the performing arts) Entertainment Canada Inc. 99 Spadina Ave., Suite 600 Telesat Canada (Film) Toronto ON M5V 3P8 (Satellite operators, 40 University Ave., Suite 900 P: 416-971-7856 F: 416-971-9647 communications Toronto ON M5J 1T1 www.rhombusmedia.com carrier, value added Telesat P: 416-969-9901 F: 416-922-9162 service provider)

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28 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 1601 Telesat Crt. Wise Broadcasting Network Canadore College Ottawa ON K1B 5P4 (Traffic, weather and 100 College Dr., Box 5001 P: 613-748-0123 F: 613-748-8712 news programming for radio) North Bay ON P1B 8K9 [email protected] 401 Richmond St. W, Suite 401 P: 705-474-7600 F: 705-474-2384 www.telesat.com Toronto ON M5V 3A8 [email protected] P: 416-408-2871 F: 416-408-1280 www.canadorec.on.ca The Da Silva Group Radio Network www.wisebroadcasting.ca 10088-102 Avenue, Suite 805 Capilano College Edmonton AB T5J 2Z2 2055 Purcell Way P: 780-702-0611 F: 780-665-8116 EDUCATION North Vancouver BC V7J 3H5 [email protected] P: 604-986-1911 F: 604-984-4985 www.dasilvagroup.com Academy of Broadcasting www.capcollege.bc.ca 66 B-1485 Portage Ave. The Walt Disney Company (Canada) Ltd. Winnipeg MB R3G OW4 Centennial College #3002-200 Front St. W. P: 204-897-2346 F: 204-772-7172 PO Box 631, Stn A Toronto ON M5V 3K2 [email protected] Scarborough ON M1K 5E9 P: 416-695-1122 F: 416-695-1125 www.academyofbroadcasting.com P: 416-289-5300 F: 416-289-5106 www.centennialcollege.ca Title House Distribution Algonquin College 629 Eastern Ave., Studio 13 1385 Woodroffe Ave. Central Technical School Toronto ON M4M 1E4 Ottawa ON K2G 1V8 725 Bathurst St. P: 416-405-9881 F: 416-405-9941 P: 613-727-4723 F: 613-727-7707 Toronto ON MSS 2R5 [email protected] www.algonquincollege.com P: 416-393-0060 titlehousedistribtution.com www.tdsb.on.ca Assiniboine Community College Tuned In Radio - 1430 Victoria Ave. E. Columbia Academy The New Rhythm of the Nation Brandon MB R7A 2A9 1295 West Broadway (Top ten dance radio show) P: 1-800-862-6307 F: 204-726-7014 Vancouver BC V6H 3X8 68 Walmer Rd. www.assiniboine.net P: 1-800-665-9283 F: 604-731-5458 Richmond Hill ON L4C 3X1 [email protected] P: 905-883-5773 F: 905-883-4337 Athabasca University www.columbia-academy.com [email protected] 1 University Dr. www.tunedinradio.com Athabasca AB T9S 3A3 Concordia University- P: 1-800-788-9041 F: 780-675-6437 Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema TVA Films www.athabascau.ca 1455, boul de Maisonneuve Ouest, FB 319 A Division of TVA Group Inc. -Montreal Montreal QC H3G 1M8 (A full -service theatrical, video Atlantic Media Institute P: 514-848-2424x4666 F: 514-848-4255 and television distributor) 7071 Bayers Rd., Suite 300 [email protected] 1600, boul de Maisonneuve Est Halifax NS B3L 2C2 cinema.concordia.ca Montreal QC H2L 4P2 P: 1-888-590-2001/902-457-0002 P: 514-284-2525 F: 514-985-4461 F: 902-457-4503 Conestoga College tva.canoe.com [email protected] 299 Doon Valley Dr. www.theami.com Kitchener ON N2G 4M4 25 Ontario St. P: 519-748-5220 F: 519-748-5971 Toronto ON M5A 4L6 British Columbia Institute www.conestogac.on.ca P: 416-968-0002 F: 416-944-1741 of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Ave. Confederation College Twentieth Century Fox / Burnaby BC V5G 3H2 Ba R 1450 Nakina Dr., PO Box 398 Incendo Television P: 604-432-8863 Thunder Bay ON P7C 4W1 (Distributor of television programming, F: 604-454-0156 P: 807-475-6110 F: 807-623-9165 supplying specials, movies, documentaries [email protected] www.confederationc.on.ca and primetime series) www.broadcastatbcit.com 2 Bloor St. W, Suite 1700 Fanshawe College Toronto ON M4W 3E2 Camosun College 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd. P: 416-643-3897 F: 416-643-3898 3100 Foul Bay Rd. PO Box 7005 www.foxincendo.com Victoria BC V8P 5J2 London ON N5Y 5R6 ell P: 250-370-3000 F: 250-370-3679 P: 519-452-4430 FANSHAWE COLLEGE Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada Inc. www.camosun.bc.ca F: 519-452-4420 (Motion picture) www.fanshawec.on.ca 5000 Yonge St., Suite 1503 Canadian Film Centre Toronto ON M2N 6P1 2489 Bayview Ave. Gulf Islands Film & Television School P: 416-250-8384 F: 416-250-8598 Toronto ON M2L 1A8 S-43 C-12-RR#2 www.warnerbroscanada.com P: 416-445-1446 F: 416-445-9481 Galiano Island BC VON 1P0 www.cfccreates.com P: 250-539-5729 F: 250-539-3290 William F. Cooke Television Programs [email protected] 23 Lesmill Rd., Suite 307 Canadian Screen Training Centre www.giftsfilms.com Toronto ON M3B 3P6 61A York St. P: 416-967-6141 F: 416-967-5133 Ottawa ON K1N 5T2 [email protected] P: 613-789-4720 F: 613-789-4724 [email protected] www.cstc.ca

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Harris Institute Halifax NS B3J 2M4 Western Academy Broadcasting College 118 Sherbourne St. P: 902-491-4911 F: 902-491-3514 1222 Alberta Ave. Toronto ON M5A 2R2 www.nscc.ns.ca Saskatoon SK S7K 1R4 P: 416-367-0178 F: 416-367-5534 P: 306-665-1771 [email protected] Red Deer College [email protected] www.harrisinstitute.com 100 College Blvd. www.wabcwesternacademy.com Red Deer AB T4N 5H5 Humber College - P: 403-342-3300 F: 403-340-8940 York University Faculty of Fine Arts School of Media Studies www.rdc.ab.ca 4700 Keele St. 205 Humber HUMBER Toronto ON M3J 1P3 College Blvd. Ryerson University P: 416-736-5136 F: 416-736-5447 School of Media Studies Etobicoke ON & Information Technology 350 Victoria St. [email protected] M9W 5L7 Toronto ON M5B 2K3 www.yorku.ca/finearts P: 416-675-6622 F: 416-675-9730 P: 416-979-5000 F: 416-979-5203 [email protected] www.ryerson.ca www.humberc.on.ca GOVERNMENT SAIT Lethbridge Community College 1301-16 Avenue N.W. Canadian Heritage 3000 College Dr. S. Calgary AB T2M OL4 25 Eddy St. Lethbridge AB Ti K 1L6 P: 403-284-7248 F: 403-284-7238 Gatineau QC K1A 0M5 P: 403-320-3256 F: 403-320-1461 www.sait.ab.ca P: 1-866-811-0055 www.lethbridgecollege.ab.ca www pch.gc.ca Seneca @ York Loyalist College 70 The Pond Rd. CRTC P.O. Box 4200 Toronto ON M3J 3M6 Ottawa ON KIA ON2 Belleville ON K8N 5B9 P: 416-491-5050 F: 416-739-1856 P: 1-877-249-2782 P: 613-969-1913 [email protected] www.crtc.gc.ca F: 613-962-1376 http://scaweb.senecac.on.ca www.loyalistc.on.ca CRTC Central Office Sheridan College Les Terrasses de la Chaudière Metalworks Institute 1430 Trafalgar Rd. 1, Promenade du Portage 3611 Mavis Rd. Oakville ON L6H 2L1 Gatineau QC J8X 4B1 Mississauga ON L5C 1T7 P: 905-845-9430 F: 905-815-4225 P: 1-877-249-2782 F: 819-994-0218 P: 905-279-4000 F: 905-279-4012 info Sheridan@sheridaninstitute. ca [email protected] www.sheridanc.on.ca CRTC British Columbia www.metalworksinstitute.com 580 Hornby St., Suite 530 Trebas Institute Vancouver BC V6C 3B6 Mohawk College 550 Sherbrooke W., East Tower, 6th floor P: 604-666-2111 F: 604-666-8322 135 Fennell Ave. W, PO Box 2034 Montréal QC H3A 1B9 Hamilton ON L8N 3T2 P: 514-845-4141 F: 514-845-2581 CRTC Alberta P: 905-575-1212 F: 905-575-2420 [email protected] 10405 Jasper Ave., Suite 520 www.mohawkcollege.ca www.trebas.com Edmonton AB T5J 3N4 P: 780-495-3224 Mount Royal College University of British Columbia - 4825 Mount Royal Gate S.W. Faculty of Arts CRTC Saskatchewan Calgary AB T3E 6K6 1874 East Mall, Brock Hall Annex, Suite 2354A 2125 -11th Avenue, Suite 103 P: 403-440-6909 F: 403-440-6563 Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1 Regina SK S4P 3X3 www.mtroyal.ab.ca P: 604-822-6037 F: 604-822-0508 P: 306-780-3422 F: 306-780-3319 [email protected] National Screen Institute Canada (NSI) www.film.ubc.ca CRTC Manitoba 141 Bannatyne Ave., Suite 400 275 Portage Ave., Suite 1810 Winnipeg MB R3B OR3 University of King's Winnipeg MB R3B 2B3 P: 204-956-7800 F: 204-956-5811 6350 Coburg Rd. P: 204-983-6306 F: 204-983-6317 [email protected] Halifax NS B3H 2A1 www.nsi-canada.ca P: 902-422-1271 CRTC Ontario www.ukings.ns.ca 55 St. Clair Ave. E., Suite 624 Niagara College Canada Toronto ON M4T 1M2 300 Woodlawn Rd. University of Regina - P: 416-952-9096 F: 416-954-6343 Welland ON L3C 7L3 Media Production & Studies P: 905-735-2211 F: 905-736-6002 Room ED 243, Education Building CRTC Quebec www.broadcasting.niagarac.on.ca Regina SK S4S 0A2 205 Viger Ave. W, Suite 504 P: 306-585-4796 F: 306-585-4439 Montreal QC H2Z 1G2 Northern Alberta Institute [email protected] P: 514-283-6607 of Technology (NAIT) www.uregina.ca/finearts 11762-106 Street CRTC Nova Scotia Edmonton AB T5G 2R1 Vancouver Film School 1410-99 Wyse Rd. P: 780-471-7400 F: 780-471-7860 198 West Hastings St., Suite 200 Dartmouth NS B3A 4S5 www.nait.ab.ca Vancouver BC V6B 1H2 P: 902-426-7997 F: 902-426-2721 P: 604-685-5808 F: 604-685-5830 Nova Scotia Community College [email protected] PO Box 220 www.vfs.com

30 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Industry Canada A/C D/C Power Systems Inc. AldeaVision Solutions Inc. 300 Slater St. (Power systems) (Global services network offering Ottawa ON K1A 008 4620 Manilla Rd. S.E., Unit # 71 broadband video connectivity) P: 1-800-328-6189 Calgary AB T2G 4B7 8550, Cote de Liesse www.ic.gc.ca P: 403-243-5552 F: 403-243-2788 St -Laurent QC H4T 1H2 P: 514-344-5432 F: 514-344-5439 National Film Board of Canada (NFB) AC Components Inc. www.aldeavision.com PO Box 6100, Station Centre-ville (Specializing in custom cable solutions: Montreal QC H3C 3H5 audio/video/digital interconnects) All Electric / P: 1-800-267-7710 F: 514-283-7564 1-30 Royal Crest Crt. Professional Audio Equipment www nfb.ca Markham ON L3R 9W8 (Over 100 lines of audio products) P: 905-470-1933/800-786-7090 487 Cariboo Cres. Ontario Media F: 905-470-5763 Coquitlam BC V3C 4X6 Development Corporation [email protected] P: 1-800-567-8322/604-945-5651 175 Bloor St. E., Suite 501, South Tower www.accomponents.com F: 604-945-5652 Toronto ON M4W 3R8 allelectricproaudio@shave ca P: 416-314-6858 F: 416-314-6876 Acrodex [email protected] (Full spectrum information Alliance Corporation www.omdc.on.ca technology solution provider) (Passive material for broadcast or telecom- 11420-170 Street N.W. munications sites; cable mgt. programs) Telefilm Canada Edmonton AB T5S 1L7 23-2015 32nd Avenue N.E. 360 St -Jacques St., Suite 600 P: 780-426-4444 F: 780-426-2233 Calgary AB T2E 6Z3 Montreal QC H2Y 4A9 www.acrodex.com P: 1-877-562-9116 F: 403-250-9019 P: 514-283-6363 F: 514-283-8212 [email protected] Acura Technology Group Inc. 2660 Meadowvale Blvd. www.telefilm.gc.ca (Systems integration) Mississauga ON L5N 6M6 2 East Beaver Creek Rd., Building #3 P: 905-821-4797 F: 905-821-2895 Telefilm Canada Western Region Richmond Hill ON L4B 2N3 www.alliancecorporation.ca 609 Granville St., Suite 410 P: 905-886-6960 F: 905-886-6966 Vancouver BC V7Y 1G5 AMD Tech Inc. P: 604-666-1566 F: 604-666-7754 315 Brunswick Blvd., Suite 305 (Visual processor technologies) [email protected] Pointe Claire QC H9R 5M7 1 Commerce Valley Dr. E., Mailstop: PR-2S www.telefilm.gc.ca P: 514-426-4848 F: 514-426-4752 Markham ON L3T 7X6 [email protected] P: 905-882-2600 F: 905-882-2620 Telefilm Canada Ontario and Nunavut www.acuratech.com www.amd.com 474 Bathurst St., Suite 100 Toronto ON M5T 2S6 ACV Cables P: 416-973-6436 F: 416-973-8606 (Custom cable solutions; Rohde & Schwarz's [email protected] audio/video/digital interconnects) www.telefilm.gc.ca 2-30 Royal Crest Crt. new SR8000 series Markham ON L3R 9W8 Telefilm Canada Atlantic Region P: 905-470-1933/800-786-7090 1717 Barrington St., 4th Floor F: 905-470-5763 Halifax NS B3J 2A4 [email protected] P: 902-426-8425 F: 902-426-4445 www.acvcables.com [email protected] www.telefilm.gc.ca Advanced Design Corporation (Doppler weather radars) 1169 West 2nd Street LPFM transmitters MANUFACTURERS Bloomington IN 47403 USA from 100 to 2500 watts P: 812-333-1922 F: 812-333-2030 up to 8 AND SUPPLIERS www.doprad.com A very compact 19" rack format, RU height. 25 -Seven Systems Inc. Airdate Traffic Services Ltd. SFN capability (Specializing in audio technologies for more (Duplication and distribution Digital exciter efficient & profitable radio operations) of radio and TV commercials) Transmitter remote control and monitor- 1085 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 360 629 Adelaide St. W. ing via SMNP and web interface MA 02215 USA Boston Toronto ON M6J lA8 State-of-the-art MOSFET technology in P: 1-888-257-2578 F: 617-904-1670 P: 416-703-5451 F: 416-703-7833 power amplifier [email protected] www.airdate.ca maintenance. www.25-seven.com Easy startup and AJA Video Systems Inc. 360 Systems (Digital video interface, conversion (Multi -channel broadcast video servers and desktop solutions) ROHDE&SCHWARZ with storage from 55 to over 700 hours) 443 Crown Point Circle Rohde & Schwarz Canada Inc. 31355 Agoura Rd. Grass Valley CA 95945 USA 750 Palladium Drive, Suite 102 Westlake Village CA 91361 USA P: 530-274-2048 F: 530-274-9442 Ottawa, ON K2V 1C7 P: 818-991-0360 F: 818-991-1360 www.aja.com Phone: (6131 592-8000 [email protected] Fax: 1613) 592-8009 www.360systems.com Toll Free: (877) 438-2880 www.rohde-schwarz.com

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Amplis Foto P: 204-633-6631 F: 204-632-2777 P: 203-929-1100 F: 203-925-4988 (Photographic products) www.anixter.com www.antonbauer.com 22 Telson Rd. Markham ON L3R 1E5 Annex Pro AP Associated Press Broadcast P: 905-477-4111 F: 905-477-2502 (Audio and video products) (Broadcast news production system) [email protected] 220-49 Dunlevy Ave. 1825 K Street N.W., Suite 800 www.amplis.com Vancouver BC V6A 3A3 Washington DC 20006-1232 USA P: 1-800-682-6639/604-682-6639 P: 202-736-1120 F: 202-736-1124 Anixter Wire and Cable Canada F: 604-682-6650 www.enps.com (Electrical & electronic wire & cable) www.annexpro.com 200 Foster Cres. Apple Canada Mississauga ON L5R 3Y5 Anton/Bauer Inc. (Computer hardware and software) P: 905-568-8999 F: 905-568-4470 (Batteries & chargers for 7495 Birchmount Rd. video & film cameras) Markham ON L3R 5G2 885 Keewatin St., Unit #2 14 Progress Dr. P: 905-513-5697 F: 905-513-5793 Winnipeg MB R2X 2S7 Shelton CT 06484 USA www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/ Applied Electronics Limited (Designers, suppliers Applied & integrators of high - Electronics end audio-visual & - Limited broadcast systems The ATX technology) 5170-B Timberlea Blvd. Mississauga ON L4W 2S5 P: 905-625-4321 F: 905-625-4333 Advanta e [email protected]

8573 Commerce Crt. Satellite Broadcast Microwave/Wireless Multimedia Burnaby BC V5A 4N5 P: 604-439-7228 F: 604-439-7210 [email protected]

Think ATX to deliver or broadcast your data, audio, 11442 Winterburn Rd. (215 St.) Edmonton AB T5S 2Y3 video or multimedia information. Our customized GEM P: 780-462-8275 F: 780-462-8238 design and implementation, along with leading [email protected] industry manufacturers provides superior, reliable úpv Á 1815 -27th Avenue N.E., Unit #3 solutions to all your communication needs. Calgary AB T2E 7E1 CETI P: 403-291-5143 F: 403-291-5188 We understand the importance of your network [email protected] and will provide technologically advanced services C11=3 7715, boul. Henri -Bourassa Ouest that are worthy of your investment today, and St -Laurent QC H4S 1P7 capable of handling your needs tomorrow. P: 514-333-3324 F: 514-333-1512 [email protected] www.appliedelectronics.com See our ad on page 2 Arcom (Traps and filters for cable television; predictive maintenance-Xcor Hunter) 185 Ainsley Dr., PO Box 6729 Syracuse NY 13217 USA P: 800-448-1655 F: 315-422-2963 www.arcomlabs.com

arvato systems Canada (Full -featured solutions for the media and entertainment industries,interactive multi- media production and wireless messaging) 150 York St., Suite 1900 Toronto ON M5H 3S5 P: 647-244-2828 4-725 Westney Rd. South Ajax, ON L1 S 7J7 www.us.arvatosystems.com Tel: 905-686-6666 Fax: 905-619-1053 www.atxincorporated.com ATI Group Inc. West Ontario/Maritimes Quebec (Audio products and accessories for AM, 800-663-0842 800-268-6851 800-361-0768 ATX Systems Limited FM and HD radio, TV, Pro Audio use; modulation monitors and precision tuners) 154 Cooper Rd., Bldg. 902 32 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 West Berlin NJ 08091 USA 1090 Don Mills Rd., Unit 303 AZCAR Technologies Incorporated P: 856-719-9900 F: 856-719-9903 Toronto ON M3C 3R6 (Full service broadcast & media www.atiaudio.com P: 416-422-4222 F: 416-422-1633 systems engineering & integra- [email protected] tion; project mgt; consulting; ATX Incorporated www.audiovisioncanada.com engineering; equipment (RF, L -Band & optical signal mgt., RF supply; installation) AZCAR filters, drop amps, drop passives, digital Autodesk Canada 3235 14th Avenue phone and video products, and more) (Film, video, game development, Markham ON L3R OH3 501 Clements Rd. W, Suite #1 interactive media, industrial design) P: 1-888-694-6623/905-470-2545 Ajax ON LIS 7H4 210 King St. E. F: 905-470-2559 P: 905-428-6068 F: 905-427-1964 Toronto ON M5A 1J7 [email protected] [email protected] P: 416-362-9181 F: 416-369-6140 www.azcar.com www.atxincorporated.com www.autodesk.com Backman Vidcom Ltd. ATX Systems Limited Avid Technology Inc. (Audio/video, multimedia, CCTV, interactive (Satellite, Microwave, Fiber (Solutions that make, manage and white board & video conferencing products) & Wireless -engineering ser- move media; i.e. video, audio, film, 63 Crane Lake Dr. vices, consulting, installation animation, special effects) Halifax NS B3S 1B5 P: 902-450-5005 F: 902-450-5105 & procurement, mainte- ATX Systems Limited 3510 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite 400 nance & support, project Montreal QC H2X 2V2 [email protected] management; audio, video & data specialties) P: 514-845-1636 F: 514-845-5676 www.backmanvidcom.com 725 Westney Rd. S., Suite 4 Ajax ON LIS 7J7 219 Dufferin St., Suite 203c Bannister Lake Software Inc. P: 1-800-268-6851/905-686-6666 Toronto ON M6K 1Y9 (Broadcast graphics solutions for live televi- F: 905-619-1053 P: 416-203-6800 F: 416-203-6572 sion, cable, satellite & interactive television) [email protected] 2174 Spragues Rd. www.atxincorporated.com 575 Lexington Ave., Suite 1420 Cambridge ON N1R 5S5 New York NY 10022 USA P: 519-624-9231 F: 519-632-9182 1555, boul. de l'Avenier, Suite 306 P: 212-983-2424 F: 212-983-9770 [email protected] Laval QC H7S 2N5 www.avid.com www.blsoft.ca P: 1-800-361-0768/450-627-4141 See our ad on page 27 Barco Canada F: 450-627-6919 (LCD and DLP" projectors for [email protected] AVP Manufacturing & Supply Inc. screening rooms, boardrooms, theatres) (Audio, video, and digital jackfields, 5925 Airport Rd., Suite 200 1872 Harbour St., Suite 3 connectors, wire and cable assemblies) Mississauga ON L4V 1W1 Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1A3 B7-2288 Dumfries Rd., RR 2 P: 905-405-6225 F: 905-672-8630 P: 1-800-663-0842/604-944-1860 Cambridge ON N1R 5S3 www.barco.com F: 604-944-7928 P: 519-740-7966 F: 519-740-0131 [email protected] [email protected] BAS Broadcast Automation Systems Inc. See our ad on page 32 www.jackfields.com (Satellite and television station automation systems; monitor and control systems) Audemat-Aztec Inc. AVR Communications Ltd. 35 Sunnypoint Gres. (Monitoring units for (Audio, video & R.F. products & accessories) Scarborough ON M1M 1B8 AM, FM, HD Radio, 595 Middlefield Rd., Suite 8 'AudemalAztecBroadcastingleeovatbe P: 416-264-8415 F: 416-264-8417 DVB, analog TV & Scarborough ON M1V 3S2 [email protected] ATSC; mobile metering units; RDS encoders; P: 416-297-9377 F: 416-297-4757 www.basystems.ca test equipment; 4 & 6 bands audio processors) [email protected] 19595 N.E. 10th Avenue, Suite A www.avr.ca Belden Miami FL 33179 USA (Wire & cable for P: 305-249-3110 F: 305-249-3113 Axcera audio, video, OEM, BEL ')EN [email protected] (Manufacturer of transmitters) MRO, sound & SENDING AU. THE RIGHT SIGNALS www.audemat-aztec.com 103 Freedom Dr., PO Box 525 security markets) Lawrence PA 15055 USA 130 Willmott St. Audio Operations Ltd. P: 724-873-8100 F: 724-873-8105 Cobourg ON K9A 4M3 (Pro audio equipment & accessories) www.axcera.com P: 1-800-223-5336 F: 905-372-6291 600 Orwell St., Unit 29 Mississauga ON L5A 3R9 Axe Music, Light, Sound & Video 2200 U.S. Hwy. 27 South, P.O. Box 1980 P: 905-629-1722 F: 416-946-1677 (Audio accessories & musical instruments) Richmond IN 47374 USA www.audiooperations.com 11931 Wayne Gretzky Dr. P: 765-983-5200 F: 765-983-5257 Edmonton AB T5B 1Y4 www.belden.com Audio Services Corporation P: 780-471-2001 F: 780-479-1443 (Canada) Ltd. www.axemusic.com Bell Express Vu LP (Occasional satellite segment; master 1545 The Queensway control facilities; production facilities; Toronto ON M8Z 1T8 Axia Audio HDTV production services; post production P: 416-251-5409 F: 416-251-7438 (Digital audio routing, mixing [email protected] and distribution systems) editing; graphic design and animation) 115 Scarsdale Rd. www.audioservicescanada.com 2101 Superior Ave. Toronto ON M3B 2R2 Cleveland OH 44114 USA P: 416-383-6600 Audio Vision P: 216-241-7225 Canada [email protected] (Audio and video description [email protected] wwwvuproductions.ca production services) www.axiaaudio.com See our ad on page 24 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 33 For complete company profiles check www.broadcastdialogue.com

Bell Microproducts Canada/TENEX duplication; closed captioning) Burk Technology (Computer graphics, digital audio 478 Queen St. E., Suite 300 (Transmitter remote and video, storage and multimedia) Toronto ON M5A 1T7 control & monitoring BURK TFCHNOI OGV 4118 Fourteenth Ave., Unit 5 P: 416-366-3003 F: 416-366-5005 systems, accessories) Markham ON L3R 0J3 [email protected] 7 Beaver Brook Rd. P: 905-948-9300 F: 905-948-9303 www.bdn.ca Littleton MA 01460 USA www.bellmicroproducts.ca P: 978-486-0086 F: 978-486-0081 Broadcast Extension SystemTech. [email protected] BIRDE Marketing Inc. (TV & FM broadcast systems; www.burk.com (SMPTE 304M hybrid fiber optic HDTV turnkey facilitator) connectors; SMPTE 311M cable and 12 West Place, Box 941 Burli Software Inc. cable assemblies) Princeton BC VOX 1WO (Software pkg. for the broadcast newsroom) 111 Esna Park Dr., Unit 1 P: 250-295-7476 F: 250-295-7476 1678 West Broadway, Suite 201 Markham ON L3R 1H2 Vancouver BC V6J 1X6 P: 905-477-7722 Broadcast Software Solutions Inc. P: 604-684-3140 F: 604-684-4160 (Character generation and [email protected] 7575 Transcanada Hwy., Suite 500 graphics software and systems) www.burli.com St. Laurent QC H4T 1V6 3160 Bolero Pass P: 514-335-4050 F: 514-337-3989 Atlanta GA 30341 USA Cablesery Inc. www.birde.ca P: 800-273-4033/770-978-9450 (CATV amplifiers) See our ad on this page F: 770-978-5480 4560 Eastgate Parkway, Suite 201 [email protected] Mississauga ON L4W 3W6 Broadcast Captioning & www.broadcastsoftware.tv P: 416-629-1111 F: 416-629-1115 Consulting Services (BCCS Inc.) [email protected] (On-line (real time), off- Broadcast Video Systems Corp. www.cableserv.com LWOW?Ic. line (post edit), & live dis- wuus, umonnw (SDI and analog keyers, V -chip and play closed captioning & O closed captioning encoders/decoders) Calrec Audio Ltd. do.draptionlep cool consulting services) 616-6118-1536 10 Woltner Way (Broadcast audio mixing consoles 150 Laird Dr., Suite 302 v Markham ON L3R 4R4 for on -air and live productions) Toronto ON M4G 3V7 P: 905-305-0565 F: 416-946-1964 Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge P: 416-696-1534 F: 416-421-7603 [email protected] West Yorkshire HX7 8EZ UK [email protected] www.bvs.ca P: 44 (0) 1422 842159 F: 44 (0) 1422 845244 www.closedcaptioning.com [email protected] Broadview Software www.calrec.com Broadcast Controls Inc. (Development of software for television (Custom software applications (automation broadcasting) Canon Canada Inc. systems) for the broadcast industry) 207 Adelaide St. E., Suite 201 (Video camera lenses (NTSC & HDTV)) 201 Sandstone Dr. Toronto ON M5A 1M8 6390 Dixie Rd. Okotoks AB T1S 1R1 P: 416-778-0623 F: 416-778-0648 Mississauga ON L5T 1P7 P: 403-939-1200 F: 403-995-3325 [email protected] P: 905-795-2012 F: 905-795-2140 [email protected] www.broadviewsoftware.com [email protected] www.broadcastcontrols.com www.canonbroadcast.com BSE Inc. - Broadcast Duplication Network Ltd. Broadcast Systems & Equipment Capella Telecommunications Inc. (Broadcast video/audio/new media (Broadcast hard Broadcast (Digital video transport, microwave, RF & ware and software) ESystems & wireless integration, AM & FM transmitters) 5250 Finch Ave. ` 747 Monaghan Rd. Units 2 & 3 Peterborough ON K9J 5K2 Scarborough ON MIS 5A4 P: 705-748-3255 F: 705-748-4535 P: 416-438-6230 F: 416-438-1065 [email protected] [email protected] www.capella.ca

8174 Betts Rd. CBC/Radio-Canada Transmission Wardner BC VOB 210 (Complete range of technical services P: 250-417-3393 F: 250-417-0320 which include site sharing, project mgt. and design work throughout Canada) 116, des Bernaches PO Box 500, Station A SMPTE St -Jean -sur -Richelieu QC J2W 2G4 Toronto ON M5W 1E6 P: 450-349-2102 F: 450-349-6902 P: 416-205-2954 F: 416-205-2420 www.bse.on.ca Compatible 526 Regency Park Dr. BUF Technology Halifax NS B3S 1G1 HDTV (Control systems for broadcast and P: 902-445-6046 F: 902-445-6045 professional videotape recorders, DDRs, Cables & servers and routing switchers) 2415 Richardson Side Rd. 12335 World Trade Dr., Suite 11 West Carelton ON KOA 1L0 San Diego CA 92128 USA P: 613-831-7902 F: 613-831-7903 P: 858-451-1350 F: 858-451-6589 www.buftek.com Box 4600 Vancouver BC V6B 4A2

34 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 P: 604-662-6062 F: 604-662-6350 Cine -tal Systems Comprod Communications www. cbctransmission. ca (Display, collaboration (RF antenna and filter manufacturer) See our ad on page 36 and image processing solutions) 138 De La Barre 8383 Craig St., Suite 130 Boucherville QC J4B 2X7 CBM Metal Indianapolis IN 46250 USA P: 450-641-1454 F: 450-641-4616 (Video furniture, monitor brackets) P: 317-576-0091 F: 317-576-0117 [email protected] 8750 Holgate Cres., High Point Business Park [email protected] www.comprodcom.com Milton ON L9T OK3 www.cine-tal.com P: 905-878-0648 F: 905-878-6748 Contact Distribution Ltd. [email protected] Circuit Research Labs, Inc. (Pro audio & video products) www.cbmmetal.com (Audio processing equipment) 38 Thornmount Dr., Unit #1 7970 S. Kyrene Rd. Scarborough ON MIB 5P2 CEV Tempe AZ 85284 USA P: 416-287-1144 F: 416-287-1204 (Audio/video communication P: 480-403-8300 F: 480-403-8301 [email protected] and multimedia technology) [email protected] www.contactdistribution.com 1335 Barrington St. www.crlsystems.com Halifax NS B3J 1Y9 Corning Cable Systems P: 902-421-1101 F: 902-421-1596 Clairmont Camera (Fiber optic cables and equipment) www.cev.ca (Rental equipment) 2114 Helmsley Ave. 16 Overlea Blvd. Oakville ON L6M 4R5 Christie Digital Systems Inc. Toronto ON M4H 1A4 P: 905-827-4979 F: 905-827-5221 (Projection systems for post production, P: 416-467-1700 F: 416-467-8006 www.corning.com broadcast monitoring, on -air sets, events, [email protected] Digital Cinema and business presentations) www.clairmont.com Crater Software 809 Wellington St. N. (Software animation 2D) Kitchener ON N2G 4Y7 Closed Caption Services 696, Bellevue Nord P: 519-749-3161 F: 519-749-3321 (Closed caption services) Greenfield Park QC J4V 3P3 www.christiedigital.com 303-235 South St. P: 514-992-1499 F: 450-676-6519 See our ad on this page Gananoque ON K7G 1A4 [email protected] P: 613-382-5316 www.CraterSoftware.com CLOSED CAvrWN Christie Lites Ltd. F: 613-382-1315 SEEVLCES INC. (Lighting products) Creative Events Management 15 North Queen St., Unit 102 Coaxial Dynamics (Event and conference coordination) Toronto ON M8Z 6C1 (Digital broadcast equipment; line sections 1402 Queen St. W, Unit 205 P: 416-644-1010 F: 416-644-0404 and elements; custom OEM products) Alton ON L7K 0C3 www.christielites.net 6800 Lake Abram Dr. P: 519-940-0935 Middleburg Hts OH 44130 USA www.cemcreative.com Chyron Corporation P: 440-243-1100 F: 440-243-1101 (Broadcast hardware, software & services to [email protected] Crispin Corporation broadcast, post production & video users) www.coaxial.com (Broadcast automation solutions) 5 Hub Dr. PO Box 110327 Melville NY 11747 USA Comad Inc. Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA P: 631-845-2000 F: 631-845-3895 (FM, TV and UHF antenna systems P: 919-845-7744 F: 919-845-7766 www.chyron.com and combiners/ RF accessories and www.crispincorp.com digital TV combiner systems) Ciné Audio Visual 6023 -26th Street W, Box 357 (Audio/video system integration; Bradenton FL 34207 USA broadcast video equipment sales P: 941-360-9282 F: 941-360-9352 & rental; post production) [email protected] 10251-106 Street Edmonton AB T5J 1H5 Comlab Inc. CH:t/ST/E P: 1-877-423-5081 F: 780-424-0309 (Site monitoring equipment) 5655 -10th Street N.E., Suite 131 2300 Leon-Harmel davicom Calgary AB T2E 8W7 Suite 220 P: 877-777-1070 F: 403-777-1074 Quebec QC GIN 4L2 From full HD to 2K, [email protected] P: 418-682-3380 F: 418-682-8996 Christie provides the most www.cineay.com www.comlab.com advanced projection technology, solutions and services to meet your broadcast needs. Cinequip White Inc. Commercial Electronics Ltd. (Sales/rental of TV & (A/V integration) motion picture 1335 Burrard St. equipment) CINE QUIP WHITE.. Vancouver BC V6Z 1Z7 1040 Islington Ave. P: 604-669-6626 F: 604-669-6347 Toronto ON M8Z 6A4 www commercialelectronics.ca P: 416-467-7700/1-800-465-0160 F: 416-207-2757 [email protected] www.cinequipwhite.com chrístiedigital.com

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Crown Broadcast IREC Delco Wire & Cable Limited 22 Tower Rd., P.O. Box 949 (FM transmitters 30 watt to 10,000 watt, ("Clarity" broad- Raymond ME 04071 USA weather radio transmitters) cast wire & cable/ P: 207-655-8100 F: 207-655-8177 25166 Leer Dr. ADC broadcast DELCO WIRE AND CABLE LIMITED [email protected] Elkhart IN 46514 USA products/end to end network solutions) www.dielectric.com P: 574-262-8900 F: 574-262-5399 1 Saramia Cr. www.crownbroadcast.com Concord ON L4K 3S6 Digital Rapids Corporation P: 1-800-668-7127/905-669-2476 (Streaming media encoding Cygnal Technologies F: 905-669-6869 solutions for post production) (Integrated advanced wired and wireless [email protected] 90 Allstate Parkway, Suite 700 broadband networks to transmit video, Markham ON L3R 6H3 audio and data) 3200 -14th Avenue N.E. P: 905-946-9666 F: 416-352-0716 70 Valleywood Dr. Calgary AB T2A 6J4 www.digital-rapids.com Markham ON L3R 4T5 P: 1-800-649-7916 F: 403-215-6771 P: 905-944-6500 F: 905-944-6520 [email protected] Display Systems International Inc. [email protected] www.delcowire.com (Character generators & information www.cygnal.ca display systems; TV listings services) Delta Electronics Inc. 2214 Hanselman Ave. D&M Professional (Operating impdance bridges, coaxial Saskatoon SK S7L 6A4 (Recording and playback equipment) transfer switches, RF ammeters) P: 306-934-6884 F: 306-934-6447 5-505 Apple Creek Blvd. 5730 General Washington Dr., Box 11268 [email protected] Markham ON L2R 5B1 Alexandria VA 22312 USA www.displaysystemsintl.com P: 905-415-0003 F: 905-475-4159 P: 703-354-3350 F: 703-354-0216 www.d-mpro.com [email protected] DMT USA Inc. www.deltaelectronics.com (TV, DAB, FM transmitters) DAV Solutions Inc. 1224 Forest Parkway, Unit 140 (Specializing in the sales & support of digital Descriptive Video Works West Deptford NJ 08066 USA audio & video products through a channel (Descriptive video & audio description service) P: 856-423-0010 F: 856-423-7002 of professional dealers across Canada) 15790 Columbia Ave. [email protected] 56 Eastville Ave. White Rock BC V4B 1Z5 www.dmtonline.us Toronto ON M1M 2N7 P: 604-542-9894 P: 647-346-7007 [email protected] Drake Canada [email protected] www.descriptivevideoworks.com (Electronic communication equipment, inc. www.daysol.com video distribution & cable television products) Desktopbox Inc. 655 The Queensway DAV Tronics (Systems and productions that provide Peterborough ON K9J 7M1 (Specialized products: newsroom audio the ability to broadcast web sites live P: 705-742-3122 F: 705-742-2838 mixers, AM RF amplifiers, audio with radio and TV broadcast systems) www.drakecanada.com switching and distribution equipment) 147 Liberty St. 1543 Venables St., Suite 200 Toronto ON M6K 3G3 Drastic Technologies Ltd. Vancouver BC V5L 2G8 P: 416-538-9607 (Digital disk recorders, video servers, P: 604-255-2200 F: 604-255-4083 [email protected] media translation software) www.broadcasttechnical.com www.desktopbox.com 523 The Queensway, Suite 102 Toronto ON M8Y 1J7 Davicom Dielectric Communications P: 416-255-5636 F: 416-255-8780 (Site monitoring (Manufacturer of www.drastictech.com equipment) broadcast antennas for 2300, Leon-Harmel davicom radio, TV & mobile 1Dielectric DSC Laboratories Suite 220 media; rigid transmission & FLEXLine, RF (Precision optical test systems; ambi/combi Quebec QC GIN 4L2 filter systems & tower lighting. Broadcast system; front -lit CamAlign test charts) P: 418-682-3380 F: 418-682-8996 system design & system monitoring of 3565 Nashua Dr. www.davicom.com broadcast sites) Mississauga ON L4V 1R1 P: 905-673-3211 F: 905-673-0929 [email protected] www.dsclabs.com

Dynamix Professional Video Systems Inc. 1043) transmission (Broadcast & prof. DY N A M I X equipment/editing I systems & storage/projectors) 100 Leek Cres., Suite 1 PROVIDING TRANSMISSION Richmond Hill ON L4B 3E6 P: 905-882-4000 F: 905-882-1252 INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS CANADA [email protected] www dynamix.ca 658 TOWERS OVER 1000 FACILITY LOCATIONS e2v Inc. 2400 TRANSMITTERS (IOTs, high efficiency ESCIOTs & klystrons for UHF TV transmitters; hub -mount high To learn more, and to see a map of transmitter sites power amplifiers for satellite communications) in your area, visit cbctransmission.ca PO Box 29667, 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. E.

36 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Mississauga ON L5A 4H2 P: 812-925-6000 F: 812-925-4030 Erikson Pro & Erikson Audio P: 905-848-6430 F: 905-848-9343 [email protected] (Professional sound, lighting, & DJ equipment) [email protected] www.eriinc.com 21000 Transcanada Hwy http://e2v.com Baie D'Urfe QC H9X 4B7 Electrosys/Itelco P: 514-457-2555 F: 514-457-0055 4 Westchester Plaza (Designs, develops & manufactures [email protected] Elmsford NY 10523-1482 broadcasting systems for analog & digital) www.jamindustries.com P: 1-888-587-0103/914-592-6050 11123 Zephyr St. F: 914-592-5148 Westminster CO 80021 USA Ernst & Young Corporate [email protected] P: 303-469-6005 F: 303-469-1885 Finance (Canada) Inc. www.e2v.com www.electrosys.it (Audit, tax, corporate finance, See our ad on page 11 transactions, online security) Elmatron-Electronic Products Ltd. Ernst & Young Tower EBS Systems Inc. (Intercom equipment; XLR & DIN connectors; TD Centre, PO Box 251 (Design and development of broadcast, cable reels; condenser mics & accessories) Toronto ON M5K 1J7 audio/visual and IT networks) 165, rue de la Montagne P: 416-864-1234 F: 416-864-1174 675 Huntington Ridge Dr., Unit 4 Rougemont QC JOL 1M0 www.ey.com Mississauga ON L5R 4H8 P: 450-469-1400 F: 450-469-1708 P: 416-768-8734 [email protected] Evertz Microsystems Ltd. [email protected] www.elmatron.ca (Broadcast TV equipment) www.ebssystems.ca 5288 John Lucas Dr. Emerson Network Power Canada Burlington ON L7L 5Z9 Eckel Industries of Canada Ltd. (Connectivity products and solutions P: 905-335-3700 F: 905-335-3573 (Acoustic treatment for rooms and supporting wire line and wireless [email protected] studios; modular panels to construct communications, data networking, test www.evertz.com studios, newsrooms) and measurement, telecomm, broadcast) 15 Allison Ave., Box 776 122 Edward St. Eyeon Software Inc. Morrisburg ON KOC 1X0 St. Thomas ON N5P 1Z2 (Digital compositing solutions) P: 1-800-563-3574/613-543-2967 P: 519-637-4930 F: 519-637-4933 2181 Queen St. E., Suite 201 F: 613-543-4173 Toronto ON M4E 1E5 [email protected] 3000 Lakeside Dr. P: 416-686-8411 F: 416-698-9315 www.eckel.ca Bannockburn IL 60015 USA [email protected] P: 847-739-0300 www.eyeonline.com Edcom Multimedia Products www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/Connectivity (Audio/visual sales (Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP JVC), rentals, service and consulting) EMJ (Legal services) 4023 Meadowbrook Dr., Unit 106 (Distributor of Canon, JVC professional & 55 Metcalfe St., Suite 1300 London ON N6L 1E6 Sony digital video products; computer systems) Ottawa ON KIP 6L5 P: 519-652-3533 F: 519-652-5045 107 Woodlawn Rd. W. P: 613-236-3882 F: 613-230-6423 www.edcommultimedia.com Guelph ON N1H 6N1 [email protected] P: 519-837-2444 F: 877-801-6300 www.fasken.com Electro Rent Corporation www.emj.ca (Electronic test equipment; Ferguson Audio Engineering computers and servers) Environment Canada (Broadcast technical services 210 Brunel Rd., Units 1&2 (Meteorological information (engineering & sale of equipment)) Mississauga ON L4Z 1T5 and public forecasts) 263 Estelle Ave. P: 905-361-0943 F: 905-361-0232 201-401 Burrard St. Toronto ON M2N 5J4 www.electrorent.com Vancouver BC V6C 3S5 P: 416-222-1424 F: 416-225-4451 P: 604-664-9100 F: 604-664-9004 [email protected] Electro Sonic Inc. www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca (Electronic component distributor) Fifth Dimension Television 1100 Gordon Baker Rd. Envivio Inc. (Occasional use video services via satellite Toronto ON M2H 3B3 (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 systems that power bandwidth and terrestrial services) P: 416-494-1666 F: 416-496-3030 innovative services for the broadcast, 2211 Thurston Dr. [email protected] mobile and IPTV markets.) Ottawa ON K1G 6C9 www.e-sonic.com 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 325 P: 613-248-1000 F: 613-737-4026 South San Francisco CA 94080 USA [email protected] Electroline Equipment Inc. P: 650-243-2700 F: 650-243-2750 www.5dtv.com (CATV service solutions) [email protected] 11035, Louis H. Lafontaine www.envivio.com Flax Valley Inc. Anjou QC H1Z 3E4 (Audio/video and broadcast equipment P: 514-374-6335 e -Radio inc. for setting up broadcasting, production www.electroline.com (Development of technology that delivers and post -production studios) interactive broadcast content to wired and 6 Brimwood Cres. Electronics Research Inc. (ERI) wireless digital appliances) Richmond Hill ON L4B 4B4 (Antennas, TXLine, fry -° BCE Place, TD Canada Trust Tower P: 905-237-4117 filters, combiners, RF; ir- 161 Bay St., 27th Floor [email protected] broadcast technical Con Toronto ON M5J 2S1 www.flaxvalley.com services) P: 416-572-2067 F: 866-869-5541 7777 Gardner Rd. [email protected] Chandler IN 47610 USA www.e-Radioinc.com

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Florical Systems - 600 Suffolk Crt. Mississauga ON L4V 1T4 a Division of CCMS L.P. Mississauga ON L5R 4G4 P: 1-800-268-2698x215 F: 905-673-2210 (Broadcast automation technology. P: 905-890-6611x2864 F: 905-890-7769 www.exide.com Satellite asset acquisition, ftp media www.fujifilm.ca transfers with metadata management, Goodmans LLP media asset management) Fujinon Inc. (Legal Services) 4581 N.W. 6th Street (Broadcast cameras, HDTV 250 Yonge St., Suite 2400, Box 24 Gainesville FL 32609-0708 USA and digital cinema lenses) Toronto ON M5B 2M6 P: 352-372-8326 F: 352-375-0859 12-16715 Yonge St., Suite 203 P: 416-979-2211 F: 416-979-1234 www.florical.com Newmarket ON L3X 1X4 www.goodmans.ca P: 905-898-1382 F: 905-898-3350 FOR-A Corporation of Canada Gotham Audio Canada Inc. (Pro video products including switchers, 10 High Point Dr. (NTEC microphones; BPM Studio Technik HD frame rate converter, SD & HD Wayne NJ 07470 USA microphones; Earthworks microphones and peripherals, virtual studio systems, etc.) P: 973-633-5600 F: 973-633-5216 mic pre amps; Avralex acoustics products) 425 Queen St. W, Suite 211 www.fujinonbroadcast.com 51 Elizabeth Grove Toronto ON M5V 2A5 See our ad on page 52 King City ON L7B 1H7 P: 416 977-0343 F: 416-977-0657 P: 905-833-6103 F: 905-833-6009 [email protected] Genesis Integration Inc. www.for-a.com (Production/broadcast video and audio/ Grass Valley visual integration solutions provider. Full (Servers, switchers, cameras, Forecast Consoles Inc. range of design/build, consultation, and new production, routing, master control, modular, (Technical furniture manufacturer; pre- installation services including fully THOMSON engineered, modular, or custom line consoles) integrated audio, video) IPTV.mobile video, 367C Bay Shore Rd. 14721-123 Avenue transmitters) Deer Park NY 11729 Edmonton AB T5L 2Y6 77 Wellington St. E. 1H7 P: 1-800-735-2070 F: 631-253-0277 P: 780-455-3000 F: 780-455-3060 Aurora ON L4G [email protected] P: 905-773-1521 www.forecast-consoles.com 7210H-5 Street S.E. Calgary AB T2H 2L9 10600 West Higgins Rd., Suite 500 Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP P: 403-287-8057 F: 403-287-8097 Rosemont IL 60018 USA P: F: 847-803-8627 (Legal services) 847-803-8060 www.thomsongrassvalley.com 1420-99 Bank St. 1 Antares Dr. K1P 1H4 Ottawa ON K2E 8C4 Ottawa ON GulfCom P: 613-783-9600 F: 613-783-9690 P: 613-226-2333 F: 613-226-3999 (Satellite -based communications services) www.fmc-law.com 123 West 7th Avenue 250 The East Mall, Suite 1118 FRONT Vancouver BC V5Y 1L8 Toronto ON M9B 6L3 P: F: 416-233-0099 (Broadcast design and branding firm P: 604-875-6301 F: 604-875-0543 416-410-6721 www.gulfcom.net for TV, film and interactive media) www.genint.com See our ad on page 13 276 Carlaw Ave., Unit 101 HaiVision Systems Inc. Toronto ON M4M 3L1 (HD & SD high performance H.264 P: 416-260-1498 F: 416-260-1809 Gennum Corporation MPEG-4 video encoders (codecs) for [email protected] (Broadcast & production facilities telepresence, interactive broadcast) www.front.tv installation, DTV/HDTV) PO Box 489, Stn. A 4445 Garand Frontline Communications Burlington ON L7R 3Y3 Montreal QC H4R 2H9 P: 514-334-5445 F: 514-334-0088 (ENG, SNG, DSNG and EFP outside broad- P: 905-632-2996 F: 905-632-2055 [email protected] cast vehicles and expanding side trailers) [email protected] www.haivision.com 12770 -44th Street N. www.gennum.com Clearwater FL 33762 USA Harris Canada Systems Inc. P: 727-573-0400 F: 727-571-3295 GerrAudio Distribution (Canadian distributor ..In, (Video processing & [email protected] distribution equip- www.frontlinecomm.com of Clear-Com Party- ment; line & Matrix commu- GERRAUDIO broadcast video servers; post production) FujiFilm Canada Inc. nication systems; HM Electronics UHF & 25 Dyas Rd. (Blank magnetic and optical media digital wireless intercom; Audio Precision Toronto ON M3B 1V7 for audio and video; complete range digital + analog audio test & measurement P: 416-445-9640 F: 416-445-0595 of data storage media) instrumentation) www.broadcast.harris.com 600 Suffolk Crt. PO Box 427 4G4 Brockville ON K6V 5V6 Mississauga ON L5R 90 Panorama Hills Close N.W. P: 888-462-8346 F: 888-329-4377 P: 905-890-6611x2875 F: 905-890-7769 Calgary AB T3K 5J2 [email protected] www.fujifilm.ca P: 1-888-857-1906/403-226-6210 www.gerr.com F: 403-226-6213 5960, Henri -Bourassa Ouest Saint-Laurent QC H4R 3A6 GNB Industrial Power - 2527, de l'Engoulevent P: 514-333-8070 a Div. of Exide Technologies Laval QC H7L 4M7 (Industrial batteries, P: 450-963-3301 F: 450-963-7100 6805 Dennett Place lead acid battery recycler) Delta BC V4G 1N4 3415 American Dr. 26 Peppler St. P: 1-800-663-0690 F: 604-946-9733 Waterloo ON N2J 3C4

38 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 P: 519-570-9111 F: 519-570-9140 [email protected] Laval QC H7L 5B7 www.broadcast.harris.com www.hpservices.ca P: 450-686-0033 F: 450-688-7709 [email protected] Harris Corp. Hutton Communications of Canada Inc. www.incospec.com (Sales, traffic, programming, financial systems; (Wireless communications and See our ads on pages 8 and 57 automation systems; consulting services) power systems equipment) 1999 Broadway, Suite 4000 278 Watline Ave. International Datacasting Corp. Denver CO 80202 USA Mississauga ON L4Z 1P4 (Products, systems & services for the imple- P: 303-237-4000 F: 303-237-0085 P: 1-800-265-8685 F: 1-800-265-9414 mentation of broadband wireless infrastruc- www.harris.com [email protected] ture networks to distribute multimedia data) wwwhuttoncom.com 50 Frank Nighbor Place Heenan Blaikie LLP Ottawa ON K2V 1B9 (Legal services) Ikegami Electronics (USA) Inc. P: 613-596-4120 F: 613-596-9208 1250, Rene Levesque Ouest, Suite 2500 (Broadcast equipment, communications [email protected] Montréal QC H3B 4Y1 systems, magnetic -recording equipment, www.datacast.com P: 514-846-1212 F: 514-846-3427 information-processing systems, etc.) www.heenanblaikie.com 37 Brook Ave. Invision Inc. Maywood NJ 07607 USA (Strategic advertising sales management HHB Communications Canada Ltd. P: 201-368-9171 F: 201-569-1626 systems to broadcast and cable networks) (Professional audio products) wwwikegami.com 420 Lexington Ave., Suite 2903 260 King St. E., Suite 205 New York NY 10170 USA Toronto ON M5A 4L5 Image Video P: 212-557-5554 F: 212-557-4454 P: 416-867-9000 F: 416-867-1080 (Specialized video and audio solutions www.invisioninc.com www.hhb.co.uk including tally control systems) 1620 Midland Ave. IR Broadcast Captioning (Realtime, emergenecy & off-line caption- Hitachi Kokusai Electric Canada Ltd. Scarborough ON M1P 3C2 ing, transcription services for script cre- (Broadcast & prof P: 416-750-8872 F: 416-750-8015 ation. Offices in Calgary and Edmonton video equipment; HITACHI www.imagevideo.com and Irvine, CA) machine vision equipment and oscilloscopes) Impact Cases Inc. 215 10 Avenue SW, Suite 205 1 Select Ave., Unit 12 Calgary AB T2R 0A4 Scarborough ON M1V 5J3 (Custom made cases) 85 2 P: 403-513-2600 F: 403-237-0541 P: 416-299-5900 F: 416-299-0450 Torbay Rd., Unit www.broadcastcc.com www.hitachikokusai.ca Markham ON L3R 1G7 P: 905-470-7888 F: 905-470-7843 IRBF HME [email protected] www.impactcases.com 761 Willow Ave. (Wireless intercom systems Milton ON L9T 3E5 provide clear, reliable inter- HME Incospec Inc. P: 416-529-3623 communications to televi- Communications sion broadcast companies) ° (Suppliers & systems integrators serving Jam Industries Ltd. 14110 Stowe Dr. INCOSPEC (Professional audio and music several segments of CIr/IIICArIOIt Ic. equipment) Poway CA 92064 USA 21000, Trans -Canadienne the broadcasting & cable television indus- P: 858-535-6000 F: 858-552-0139 Baie D'Urfe QC H9X 4B7 tries with analogue & digital transmission. www.hme.com P: 514-457-2555 F: 514-457-0055 TV and FM transmitter repair services) [email protected] 2065, Michelin HOLOPHONE www.jamindustries.com (Surround sound microphone system) 258 Adelaide St. E., Suite 200 Toronto ON M5A 1N1 pigotTM P: 416-362-7790 F: 416-504-6500 Out [email protected] Real time HDMI HD -SDI, - www.holophone.com to he HD Spigot lets you use Homeworthy Products (Custom broadcast furniture; edit suites; mall camaras for remote custom speakers) shoots and electronic 375 John St. yews gathering Thornhill ON L3T 5W5 P: 905-889-3388 F: 905-889-8462 RoHS compliant (2002'95 EC) [email protected] is fully: www.homeworthyproducts.com Interface low cost HDMI devices compatible, to professional HD -SDI equipment with HP Services SMPTE Supports 4801 SD and 1080i or 720p HD (Consulting, planning, turnkey installation, repairs & calibra- Supports S'PDIF audio output tion, studio & transmitter !so available: DVB-ASI PCI Express Send and Receive Interface Card maintenance. HP Services is SDI LP FD PCIe with blackburst and secondary output DVB Master PCIe Qu one stop shopping for Services broadcast technical) visit us at www.linsys.ca 46 Kings College Rd. LINEAR SYSTEMS LTD. Thornhill ON L3T 5J7 Unit 1, 1717 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, MB, Canada P: 905-889-3601 F: 905-889-3601 dost Division Tel: 204 - 632-4300 Fax 204 - 697-24

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Johnston & Buchan LLP Klotz Digital Audio Systems Inc. [email protected] (Legal services) (Audio and control networking solutions www.lawo.ca 275 Slater St., Suite 1700 for the audio and media industry) Ottawa ON KIP 5H9 25 Hans Dr. LBA Technology Inc. P: 613-236-3882 F: 613-230-6423 Markham ON L6C 1S9 (High power digital -ready RF antenna system [email protected] P: 647-477-8031 F: 647-477-6947 equipment for AM & short-wave broadcast- www.johnstonbuchan.com www.klotzdigital.com ers worldwide. Products include multi- plexers, ATUs, combiners, phasors, etc.) JSGS Ltd. KLZ Innovations Ltd. 3400 Tupper Dr. (Audio products) (Software, hardware, consulting) Greenville NC 27834 USA 132 Railside Rd., Unit 14 680 Watt St. P: 252-757-0279 F: 252-752-9155 Toronto ON M3A 1A3 Winnipeg MB R2K 2S7 [email protected] P: 416-751-7907 F: 416-751-7975 P: 1-800-334-9640/204-334-9640 www.lbagroup.com F: 204-663-1970 Juch-Tech Inc. [email protected] LEA International (A satellite carrier's carrier www.klz.com (Supplier of SPD (Surge with a disaster restoral focus) Protection Device) product lines) 335 Greencedar Dr. L.A.M. Technical Services Ltd. 10701 Airport Rd. Hamilton ON L9C 7K5 (Broadcast & professional video repair service) Hayden ID 83835 USA P: 905-575-3236 c/o UPS Store, 17008 -90th Avenue P: 1-800-881-8506 www.juch-tech.com Edmonton AB T5T 1L6 www.leaintl.com P: 780-447-2043 F: 780-447-2045 See our ad on page 23 JVC Canada Inc. [email protected] (Professional video, presentation, security www.lamtechnical.com Leader Instruments Corporation & imaging and data storage products) (Broad line of industrial 21 Finchdene Square Lake Cabinet Systems Inc. and video instruments) Toronto ON MIX 1A7 (Furniture for broadcast, recording 6484 Commerce Dr. P: 416-293-1311 F: 416-293-8208 and edit suites) Cypress CA 90630 USA www.jvc.ca/jvcpro/ 40 English Dr. E., PO Box 669 P: 714-527-9300 F: 714-527-7490 Beeton ON LOG lA0 [email protected] Kathrein Inc. -Scala Division P:905-729-4150 www.LeaderUSA.com (Antennas, combiners) [email protected] P.O. Box 4580 K UTH R E 111 Lewis Birnberg Hanet LLP Medford OR 97501 SCALA DIVISION LARCAN (Specializing in TV, Specialty, P: 541-779-6500 F: 541-779-6575 (LARCAN is a full Pay, Broadcasting) [email protected] service broadcast 693 Queen St. E. www.kathrein-scala.com solutions company. Toronto ON M4M 1G6 We innovate, design and manufacture P: 416-865-9444 F: 416-865-1018 Kenwood Electronics Canada Inc. digital & analog TV transmitters for [email protected] (Test and communication equipment) broadcast markets worldwide) 6070 Kestrel Rd. 228 Ambassador Dr. Linear Systems Ltd. Mississauga ON L5T 1S8 Mississauga ON L5T 2J2 (DVB ASI, ATSC SMPTE 310M and P: 905-670-7211 F: 905-670-7248 P: 905-564-9222 F: 905-564-9244 SMPTE 259M/292M compatible PC cards www.kenwood.com [email protected] for OEMs and of systems for capturing and www.larcan.com transmitting MPEG 2 streams over DVB, KeySat Systems Inc. SMPTE 310M and IP networks) (Systems integration) Lawo North America Corp 1717 Dublin Ave., Unit 1 25 Owlshead Rd. (Radio and TV mixing consoles, audio Winnipeg MB R3H OH2 Munster ON KOA 3P0 router and router control systems) P: 204-632-4300 F: 204-697-2417 P: 613-838-3319 F: 613-838-9653 1361 Huntingwood Dr., Unit 16 www.linsys.ca [email protected] Toronto ON MIS 3J1 See our ad on page 39 www.keysat.net P: 416-292-0078 F: 416-292-0402 LINSYS (DVB ASI, ATSC SMPTE 310M and SMPTE 259M/292M compatible PC cards for OEMs and of systems for capturing and transmitting MPEG 2 streams over DVB, SMPTE 310M and IP networks) Specializing in the sales, 1717 Dublin Ave., Unit 1 training and installation Winnipeg MB R3H OH2 of professional audio P: 204-632-4300 F: 204-697-2417 equipments and www.linsys.ca transmission See our ad on page 39 systems Logitek Electronic Systems (Audio routers/production Audio consoles/VU meter) 0./.."2..ILT" 5622 Edgemoor Dr. .f7c;re: Houston TX 77081 USA AUDIOARTS P: 713-664-4470 F: 713-664-4479 rlta www.logitekaudio.com

40 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Lome Lapham Sales & Rentals Inc. Matrix Technology 16 Scriven Blvd. (Video and motion picture products, (Canadian electronic materials distributor Port Hope ON LIA 3R2 accessories for sale and rent) to industry leading OEMs in the electronics P: 905-885-9457 3774 Napier St. and telecommunications markets) www.mcginn.tv Burnaby BC V5C 3E5 161 Alden Rd. P: 604-298-3224 F: 604-298-2023 Markham ON L3R 3W7 McKibbin Marketing [email protected] P: 905-477-4442 F: 905-477-3606 (Manufacturers' Representative www.11sr.com www.matrixtechnology.ca Professional Audio) 2215 Jefferson Ave. Maestrovision Matrix Video Communications Corp. West Vancouver BC V7V 2A9 (Server platform, configuration (Video hardware/software to P: 604-925-1653 F: 604-925-1655 and software applications the broadcast, production and specializing in video file servers) post production community) McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP 12, St -Jean Baptiste 3320 -8th Street S.E. (Legal services) Vaudreuil-Dorion QC J7V 2N9 Calgary AB T2G 5S7 Brookfield Place, Suite 4400 P: 450-424-5505 F: 450-424-5311 P: 403-640-4490 F: 403-640-9012 181 Bay St., Bay Wellington Tower [email protected] www.matrixvideocom.com Toronto ON M5J 2T3 www.maestrovision.com P: 416-865-7000 F: 416-865-7048 Matrox Video Products Group [email protected] Mainline Incorporated (Realtime editing platforms) www.mcmillanbinch.com (Specialty products in the area of RF manu- 1055 St. Regis Blvd. facturing, testing, alignment and design) Dorval QC H9P 2T4 MCTS International 20917 Higgins Crt. P: 1-800-361-4903 F: 514-685-2853 (Automization of radio stations; Torrance CA 90501 [email protected] technical training services) P: 1-800-444-2288 F: 310-357-4465 www.matrox.com/video 1630 Grant Ave. [email protected] Cornwall ON K6J 5J4 www.main-line-inc.com Maxell Canada P: 613-933-6518 F: 613-933-6518 (Professional recording media; www.mcts.ca Major Technologies Inc. data media products) (Master control, asset management 50 Lock St., Unit 2 Mecart Inc. and graphics applications) Concord ON L4K 5R4 (Recording studios) 8464 -9th Line, R.R. # 1 P: 905-669-8107 F: 905-669-8108 110, de Rotterdam Norval ON LOP 1K0 www.maxellcanada.com St-Augustin-De-Desmaures QC G3A 1T3 P: 905-873-0778 F: 905-873-1244 P: 418-880-7000 F: 418-880-7070 www.majortech.com Maxtower Company Ltd. [email protected] (Communication towers) wwwmecart.com Marketing Marc Vallée Inc. 5 Edmondson St. (Audio and RF equipment; Canadian Brantford ON N3R 7J2 Media Production Sales distributor for Wheatstone products P: 519-752-6501 F: 519-752-4160 (Maxell products) and B.E. products) [email protected] PO Box 21540 UCPO, Upper Canada Mall 1067, chemin St -Lambert www.maxtower.on.ca Newmarket ON L3Y 8J1 St -Sauveur -des -Monts QC JOR 1R1 P: 416-729-9128 F: 905-898-3126 P: 450-227-1828/800-732-1828 Maxxian Integration Inc. www.maxellcanada.com F: 450-227-8394 (Set -top security, audit and management wwwvallee.com tools for cable and satellite TV) Merithian Products Corp. See our ad on the opposite page 155 Westhampton Dr. (Heat shrink products Thornhill ON L4J 7X2 and wiring accessories) Marketron Broadcast Solutions P: 905-482-9429 13-220 Viceroy Rd. (Broadcast manage- [email protected] Concord ON L4K 3C2 ment software for Marketron www.maxxian.com P: 905-669-0570 F: 905-669-1598 radio, television N T E R N A T I O M A l wwwmerithian.com and cable) McCarthy Tetrault 5075 Yonge St., Suite 404 (Legal services) Meteorological Service of Canada Toronto ON M2N 6C6 Suite 4700, TD Bank Tower, Box 48 (Weather forecasts) P: 416-221-9944 F: 416-981-3566 Toronto ON M5K 1E6 506 West Burnside Rd. [email protected] P: 416-601-7666 F: 416-601-8248 Victoria BC V8Z 1M5 www.marketron.com www mccarthy.ca P: 250-363-0410 F: 250-363-0405

Masstech Group Inc. McCurdy Radio Ltd. Microtherapy Inc. (Hardware and software for the (Broadcast automation equipment) (Software development digital media infrastructure (DMI)) 30 Kelfield St. and research) 2 East Beaver Creek Rd., Building 3 Toronto ON M9W 5A2 PO Box 838 Richmond Hill ON L4B 2N3 P: 1-800-267-8800/416-248-6155 Port Dover ON NOA 1N0 mlcrotherapy Inc. P: 905-886-1833 F: 905-886-2155 F: 416-248-6755 P: 519-583-9679 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.masstech.com www.mcradio.com McGinn Multimedia Inc. (Consulting services to aid in the introduction of digital video to live television production operations)

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Microwave Radio Communications Myat Incorporated equipment; CCTV equipment) (MRC designs, manufactures, (Broadcast transmission line 690, De Liege Est & markets radio systems & systems and components) Montreal QC H2P 1K5 accessories for fixed & port- R 360 Franklin Turnpike P: 514-381-8890 F: 514-381-3011 able applications that include Mahwah NJ 07430 USA [email protected] STL, TSL, ENG & more) P: 201-684-0100 F: 201-684-0104 www.norbec.ca 101 Billerica Ave., Building 6 [email protected] N. Billerica MA 01862 USA www.myat.com Norgay Enterprises Ltd. P: 978-671-5700 F: 978-671-5800 (Audio control faders, sliders and switches) [email protected] Nathanail Captioning Enterprises Inc. 3 Watson Rd. www.mrcbroadcast.com (Captioning services) Guelph ON NIL 1E3 1139 Sifton Blvd. S.W. P: 1-800-280-2839 F: 519-763-4462 Miller Professional Products Canada Calgary AB T2T 2L2 [email protected] (Miller Fluid Heads, Tripods and Camera P: 403-286-9696 F: 403-286-0987 www.norgay.com Support, ABC Cranes & Jib Arms, Astrascope Nightvision Lenses, and more) National Broadcast Reading Service Norpak Corporation 1055 Granville St. (Round-the-clock national news and (Metadata, captioning Vancouver BC V6Z 1L4 information audio service (VoicePrint); and interactive TV solutions) P: 604-685-4654 F: 604-685-5648 producer of described versions of 10 Hearst Way [email protected] theatrical and television dramas) Kanata ON K2L 2P4 www.millercanada.com 1090 Don Mills Rd., Unit 303 P: 613-592-4164 F: 613-592-6560 Toronto ON M3C 3R6 [email protected] Mira Mobile Television P: 416-422-4222 F: 416-422-1633 www.norpak.ca (Television mobile supplier) [email protected] 4010 Myrtle St. www.nbrscanada.com Norscan Instruments Ltd. Burnaby BC V5C 4G2 (Fiber optic cable management systems) P: 604-437-9037 F: 604-434-0038 National Tech -Traders 7 Terracon Place www.miramobile.com (Used pro audio & video equipment) Winnipeg MB R2J 4B3 36 Shore Rd. P: 204-233-9138 F: 204-233-9188 Miranda Technologies Inc. Herring Cove NS B3V 1G7 [email protected] (Audio and video solutions for P: 1-888-256-8650 / 902-477-6860 www.norscan.com broadcast and post production) F: 902-477-8970 3499 Douglas B. Floreani www.techtraders.com North Plains Systems Corp. Montreal QC H4S 2C6 (Digital asset management solutions for P: 514-333-1772 F: 514-333-9828 Nautel Limited the production, management, distribution www.miranda.com (Solid state digital AM and archiving of media rich content) and FM radio transmitters) 510 Front St. W, 4th Floor Mirus International Inc. 10089 Peggy's Cove Rd. Toronto ON M5V 3H3 (Power quality improvement Hackett's Cove NS B3Z 3J4 P: 416-345-1900 F: 416-599-0808 equipment, transformers) P: 902-823-2233 www.northplains.com 6805 Invader Cres., Unit 12 F: 902-823-3183 Mississauga ON L5T 2K6 [email protected] Northern Response P: 905-565-6900 F: 905-565-6911 www.nautel.com (International electronic retailing [email protected] infomercials and direct response www.mirusinternational.com Navair Inc. television programming and products) (Service monitors, general purpose test 18 Skagway Ave. Modulation Sciences Inc. instruments, calibration instruments) Toronto ON M1M 3V1 (TV audio monitoring, FM audio 1310 Hamilton St. P: 1-866-584-1694 F: 416-261-4159 processing, FM subcarrier products) New Westminster BC V3M 2N3 [email protected] 12A World's Fair Dr. P: 604-525-8555 F: 604-525-8510 www.shopnorthern.com Somerset NJ 08873 USA [email protected] P: 1-800-826-2603/732-302-3090 www.navair.ca NTI Americas Inc. F: 732-302-0206 (Test instruments for the professional www.modsci.com NICA Power Battery Corp. audio and broadcast markets) (Batteries and battery packs) 7180 S.W. Fir Loop, Suite 210 Moseley Associates, Inc. 5155 Spectrum Way, Building 14 Tigard OR 97223-8097 USA (Digital Studio -Transmitter Links) Mississauga ON L4W 5A1 P: 503-684-7050 F: 503-684-7051 111 Castilian Dr. P: 905-624-0000 F: 905-624-5060 [email protected] Santa Barbara CA 93117 USA [email protected] www.ntiam.com P: 805-968-9621 F: 805-685-9638 www.nicapower.com [email protected] NVision Inc. www.moseleysb.com Noramco Wire & Cable (Routing switchers, router control, terminal (Specialty cables and electronic wires) equipment, multi -channel master control) MVCC Video Communications Corp. 3455B Gardner Crt. 125 Crown Point Crt. (Video hardware/software to the broadcast, Burnaby BC V5G 3K8 Grass Valley CA 95945 USA production & post production community) P: 604-606-6980 F: 604-606-6981 P: 530-265-1000 F: 530-265-1021 110-8988 Fraserton Crt. [email protected] www.nvision.tv Burnaby BC V5J 5H8 www.noramco.ca P: 604-436-4492 F: 604-436-4482 Oakwood Broadcast Inc. www.matrixvideocom.com Norbec Communication (Broadcast equipment and supplies) (Professional video and audio 1555 Dublin Ave., Unit 6

42 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Winnipeg MB R3E 3M8 P: 416-538-1775 F: 416-538-6131 Osram Sylvania Ltd. P: 1-800-665-0501/204-775-4467 [email protected] (Lighting products & components) F: 204-775-4503 www.ordigraphe.com 2001 Drew Rd. [email protected] Mississauga ON L5S 1S4 www.oakwoodbroadcast.com Orpanc Media Ltd. P: 905-673-6171 F: 905-671-5584 (Consultations on www.sylvania.com Omnia Audio rich media delivery rPanc (Audio processors for FM, AM, TV, HD systems, implementa- OTG Technologies Group Radio & DAB, Internet, & audio production) tion and project management; attractive (VAR and systems integrator of IT 2101 Superior Ave. hosting packages for broadcasters) hardware and software solutions) Cleveland OH 44114 USA 1115, rue Verdi 85 Corstate Ave., Unit 1 P: 216-241-3343 F: 216-241-4103 Mont -Saint-Hilaire QC J3H 5B1 Concord ON L4K 4Y2 [email protected] P: 514-667-2496 P: 905-669-7979 F: 905-660-5738 www.omniaaudio.com [email protected] [email protected] www.orpanc.com www.OTGTech.com OmniBus Systems Inc. (Comprehensive automation and asset management solutions for traditional broadcasers and IP providers) Scott Studios Dielectric Bext Audemat-Aztec KLZ Scala-Kathrein Yamak) 1536 Cole Blvd., Suite 165 Lakewood CO 80401 USA P: 303-237-4868 F: 303-237-4847 [email protected] We don't need www.OmniBus.tv CD OMT Inc. (TSXV:OMT) cookies and milk. .. (Broadcast automation, digital delivery, digital logging, Internet streaming, pod - casting and revenue solutions. Developers of iMediaTouch, iMediaLogger and iMedia Broadcast Software Solutions) 1555 Dublin Ave., Unit 1 Winnipeg MB R3E 3M8 P:204-786-3994/888-665-0501 F: 204-783-5805 [email protected] www.imediatouch.com On Power Systems (Full range of power services and power measurement and mitigating equipment) 412 Douglasbank Crt. S.E. Calgary AB T2Z 1X1 P: 403-254-8278 F: 450-442-0980 www.onpower.ca OpenBroadcaster (Open source software package that allows radio audience and talent to request and program on air radio through a common web based interface) 204 D Strickland St. Whitehorse YT Y1A 2J8 P: 867-667-6397 to fill your wish list. [email protected] Technical is the Canadian www openbroadcaster.com There's a reason why Pippin broadcaster's choice for systems integration. We work with the best equipment Orban/CRL manufacturers around the world. The experience of their people and (Develops, manufactures and markets ours gives broadcasters a winning combination. Let us help you get audio processing equipment for the everything on your wish list this year! professional broadcast industry) 7970 S. Kyrene Rd. Tempe AZ 85284 USA P: 480-403-8300 F: 480-403-8301 [email protected] Pippin www.orban.com Technical - Ordigraphe Inc. We Are Broadcast Engineering! (Video systems for film & TV; film transfer systems for broadcast & post -production) R Call toll FREE 888-508-4677 www.pippintech.com 39 Mowat Ave., Suite 103 1X2 4noS . oiPn`d yif . soiuoalor13 isepeo.19 . olaioalaia . soiweulQ leixeoD . iBp . Toronto ON M6K 3E9

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Outcom Systems Inc. 3075, rue Louis A. Amos Pioneer Electronics of Canada Inc. (Antenna snow covers; satellite, Lachine QC H8T 1C4 (DVD computer drives; industrial DVD microwave and fibre optic systems P: 514-633-8684 F: 514-633-1086 players and recorders; plasma displays) and sub assemblies; integrators) 300 Allstate Parkway 128 King St. W. 12111 Riverside Way Markham ON L3R OP2 Uxbridge ON L9P 1B1 Richmond BC V6W 1K8 P: 1-800-872-4159 F: 905-946-7417 P: 905-852-8899 F: 905-852-6615 P: 604-278-4211 F: 604-273-6198 www.pioneerelectronics.com [email protected] www.panasonic.ca www.canadian-shield.ca See our ad on the outside back cover Pippin Technical Service Ltd. (TV, FM and AM Owen Bird Law Corporation Panavision Canada transmission systems; TechnicalPippin (Legal Services) (Cameras, cranes, filters, specialty items) broadcast studio and 29th Floor, 595 Burrard St., P.O. Box 49130 900A Don Mills Rd. technical design, supply and installation; Vancouver BC V7X 1J5 Toronto ON M3C 1V6 digital audio editing and automation sys- P: 604-688-0401 F: 604-688-2827 P: 416-444-7000 F: 416-444-0192 tems for radio broadcast; digital satellite [email protected] www.Panavision.com program distribution networks) www.owenbird.com 3203 Wells Ave. ParetoLogic Inc. Saskatoon SK S7K 5W4 P. Zatychec & Associates Ltd. (Avanced security applications for enterprise, P: 1-888-508-4677/306-242-0991 (TV & UHF antenna systems & business and personal computer users, F: 306-931-4811 combiners/RF accessories) including custom software solutions) [email protected] 6971 Lakes Park Dr. 1827 Fort St. www.pippintech.com Ottawa ON K4P 1M6 Victoria BC V8R 1J6 See our ad on page 43 P: 613-821-7806 F: 613-821-6053 P: 250-370-9229 [email protected] Pleora Technologies Panasonic Canada Inc. www.paretologic.com (Gigabit Ethernet connectivity solutions) (Broadcast and prof. Panasonic. 230-359 Terry Fox Dr. HD, DVCPRO and ideas for life Pikolo Systems Group Inc. Kanata ON K2K 2E7 DV VCRs, cameras, (Broadcast & workflow automation solutions P: 613-270-0625 F: 613-270-1425 camcorders, monitors, plasma displays, for single & multi -channel operations) [email protected] projectors, professional audio mixers, 2639 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 113 www.pleora.com speakers and digital SEG mixers) Dallas TX 75229 USA 5770 Ambler Dr. P: 214-351-1554 F: 214-352-4398 Power & Tel Mississauga ON L4W 2T3 [email protected] (Audio, video, RF, Weipower P: 905-624-5010 F: 905-238-2443 www.pikolosystems.com Wireless, fiber optics, wzi "el satellite, CATV, outside plant, equipment and solutions. Serving the - _...,.. _....- broadcast, cable television, telecommunica- tions and utility industries) 1141 King Rd., Unit 1 Burlington ON L7R 3X5 P: 1-800-369-5086/289-288-3260 F: 289-288-3264 Intelligent Solutions for Bro [email protected] nelei PFtnfessional www.ptsupply.com See our ad on page 28

Broadcast Solutions for Radio and Precision Camera Inc. dalet Television. tibial Melle sasteMs (Presentation products, camera support systems, custom mfg., cameras, lenses) 181 Carlaw Ave., Suite 100 at, Broadcast and Pro Audio technologies Toronto ON M4M 2S1 DOLBY for DTV, HDTV & DVD to produce high 0 P: 416-461-3411 F: 416-461-4869 quality audio content. 201 Brownlow Ave., Unit 10 Solutions for all CAT5 & Fiber Optic Dartmouth NS B3B 1W2 Extenders, Switchers & DAs for 1080p P: 902-468-6894 F: 902-468-6851 DVI, HDMI, VGA and KVM. 315 West 5th Avenue Surround Sound for HDTV Solved Vancouver BC V5Y 1J6 L, LINEAR ACOUSTIC - AEROMAX 5.1. P: 604-875-6500 F: 604-875-6555 www.pci-canada.com Pyramix Digital Audio Workstation Precision Optechs Inc. .AMERCING for Recording, Editing, Mixing & (Lens and accessory repair specialists Mastering. VCube HD Video Recorder for video and film equipment) ®eriarnix ®vçuebe for all formats. 151 Brunel Rd., Unit 8 Mississauga ON L4Z 2H6 rv--vvvv.sonotecnnïqne.ca P: 416-458-0933 F: 866-414-6785 Montreal: (514) 332-6868 Toronto: (416) 947-9112 Vancouver: (604) 298-2200 [email protected] www.optechs.ca

44 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Premier Magnetics Inc. Racal Acoustics (Ottawa Branch) Resolution Pro Audio (Recording media, optical media (Audio ancillaries, headsets, 2 Pardee Ave., Suite 302 and data media distributors) handsets and microphones) Toronto ON M6K 3H5 170 Bovaird Dr. W, Suite 10 7305 Campeau Dr., Suite 505 P: 416-531-5573 F: 416-531-3995 Brampton ON L7A 1A1 Kanata ON K2K 3M2 www.resolutionproaudio.com P: 905-456-1800 F: 905-456-1897 P: 613-831-1920 F: 613-831-5054 www.premiermagnetics.com www.racalacoustics.com Resolve Software Solutions Inc. (Provider of software, training and manage- Primary Video Systems Radian Communication ment consulting to design professionals) (Broadcast & professional video Services Corporation 3991 Henning Dr., Suite 200 products from Leitch, JVC, and others) (Towers for the broad- Burnaby BC V5C 6N5 107 Hawkhill Way N.W. cast industry. Design, q RADIAN P: 604-731-6847/1-866-288-1888 Calgary AB T3G 2V3 fabrication, & installa- F: 604-731-6835 P: 403-547-3301 F: 403-239-8063 tion. Structural engineering analyses, modi- [email protected] [email protected] fications, & inspection of existing towers) www.resolve.ca 461 Cornwall Rd., P.O. Box 880 Promark Electronics Oakville ON L6J 5C5 RF Technologies LLC (Wire harnesses, cable assemblies P: 1 866 4RADIAN / 905-844-1242 (TV broadcast transmitting antennas) and mechanical sub -assemblies for F: 905-844-8837 1 Gendron Dr. broadcast and audio video) [email protected] Lewiston ME 04240 USA 215, rue Voyageur www.radianbroadcast.com P: 207-777-7778 F: 207-777-7784 Pointe Claire QC H9R 6B2 [email protected] P: 514-426-4104 F: 514-426-4105 Radyne www.rftechnologies.net [email protected] (Products, systems and software for the wwwpmk.com transmission and reception of data and RF Wireless Systems video over satellite, microwave and (Rental of camera interface links (microwave) Protegra cable communication networks) equipment, wireless frequency agile micro- (IT solutions for organizations applying 3138 East Elwood St. phones and wireless comm. equipment) lean principles to streamline client opera- Phoenix AZ 85034 USA 145 Bentley Ave., #9 tions and accelerate business performance) P: 602-437-9620 F: 602-437-4811 Nepean ON K2E 6T7 67 Scurfield Blvd. [email protected] P: 613-228-7171 F: 613-228-0479 Winnipeg MB R3Y 1G4 www.radn.com P: 204-956-2727 F: 204-477-9421 Richardson Electronics Canada Ltd. www.protegra.com RAM Broadcast Systems (Canada) (Antennas, transmitters, microwave & (Broadcast equipment & satellite, studio and video components) studio furniture & systems Quadrangle Architects Ltd. R A M 4 Paget Rd., Units 1-4 (Architects) integration; switchers, Brampton ON L6T 5G3 metering, racks 380 Wellington St. W. equipment P: 905-789-3000 F: 905-789-3050 & blocks) Toronto ON M5V 1E3 and audio/video cable punch www.rell.com 92 Caplan Ave., Suite 255 P: 416-598-1240 [email protected] Barrie ON L4N OZ7 Rodak & Associates Incorporated www.quadrangle.ca P: 705-487-5111 F: 705-487-2444 (Production services for broadcasters) [email protected] 1260 Caledonia Rd. Quantel Canada Inc. Toronto ON M6A 2X5 Box 277 (Tools for the new digital age P: 416-256-4779 F: 416-256-1538 Wauconda IL 60084 USA (terrestrial and multi -channel tv, [email protected] P: 847-487-7575 F: 847-487-2440 broadband internet, DVD and e -cinema)) www.ramsyscom.com 1 Yonge St., Suite 1008 Rohde & Schwarz Canada Inc. Toronto ON M5E 1E5 (Transmitters, broad- RBE Video Inc. P: 416-362-9522 F: 416-362-9215 cast test & measure- (Repairs, design, installation ROHDE&SCHWARZ www.quantel.com ment equipment, and systems integration) See our ad on page 9 infosec products & radio monitoring systems) 2123-11871 Horseshoe Way 750 Palladium Dr., Suite 102 Richmond BC V7A 5H5 Quintech Electronics and Ottawa ON K2V 1C7 P: 604-277-6533 F: 604-277-6536 P: 1-877-438-2880/613-592-8000 Communications Inc. [email protected] F: 613-592-8009 (Broadband RF signal management www.rbevideo.com solutions for satellite, broadcast, CATV [email protected] and wireless markets) RCS Canada www.rohde-schwarz.com 250 Airport Rd. (Creator of Selector', the See our ads on pages 31 and 48 Indiana PA 15701 USA world's best music schedul- AejectaC P: 724-349-1412 F: 724-349-1421 ing software used by more Roland Systems Group Canada eií Music Ltd. [email protected] than 9,000 radio stations in A div. of Roland Canada 14.19ER ONE AROUND TRE WORLD marketing services for www.quintechelectronics.com 100 countries worldwide!) (Support, sales and video PO Box 32060 RSS audio and EDIROL products QuStream Group of Companies Richmond BC V6X 3R9 from Roland. World firsts include the 40 Digital Snake from RSS (Equipment for creators and distributors P: 604-986-4468 F: 604-986-4469 S-4000, -channel of professional video content) www.rcsworks.com and the V-440HD multi -format high 255 Duncan Mills Rd., Suite 805 definition mixer from EDIROL) Toronto ON M3B 3H9 445 Hamilton Ave., 7th Floor 5480 Parkwood Way P: 905-201-9665 White Plains NY 10601 USA Richmond BC V6V 2M4 www.qustream.com P: 914-428-4600 F: 914-428-5922 P: 604-270-6626 F: 604-270-6552

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Roland Systems Group Canada (Cont'd) SBL Shaw Broadcast Services 170 Admiral Blvd. (Installation/maintenance of AM, FM, TV, (Satellite services for cable) Mississauga ON L5T 2N6 MDS/MMDS, VSAT & microwave systems) 2055 Flavelle Blvd. P: 905-362-9707 F: 905-362-9708 1A-1455 Waverley St. Mississauga ON L5K 1Z8 www.rolandsystemsgroup.ca Winnipeg MB R3T OP7 P: 905-403-2020 F: 905-403-2022 See our ad on page 60 P: 204-488-7098 F: 204-488-9349 www.cancombroadcast.com

Ron Paley Broadcast Scenework Shively Labs (Specializing in your radio (Television, theatrical, architectural (Design and manufacturing of stations' automation, console, dimming control consoles; fixtures, FM broadcast equipment) routers, processors and solu- rigging, drapery supply) 188 Harrison Rd., PO Box 389 tions needs. Representative wrwirwew 67 Watson Rd. S., Unit 7 Bridgton ME 04009 USA of Wheatstone, Vorsis, Pro - Guelph ON N1L 1E3 P: 207-647-3327 F: 207-647-8273 Racks Computers and 360 Replays) P: 519-837-0583 F: 519-837-2487 [email protected] 39 Bethune Way www.scenework.com www.shively.com Winnipeg MB R2M 5J9 P: 204-480-0429/1-866-460-3119 Schindler Tower (Cambridge) Inc. SintecMedia www.ronpaleybroadcast.com (Communication towers and services) (SintecMedia's OnAir is a comprehensive 360 Montrose St. N. system for managing airtime sales, traffic, Rosco Canada Cambridge ON N3H 2H8 programming, and promotion campaigns) (Manufacturer of products for theatre, P: 519-650-5093 F: 519-650-9546 205 Wellington St. W. film and television production) [email protected] Toronto ON M5V 3G7 1241 Denison St., Unit 44 www.schindlertower.com P: 416-205-7352 F: 416-205-8900 Markham ON L3R 4B4 P: 905-475-1400 F: 905-475-3351 Scientific Atlanta Canada Inc. 110 West 40th Street, Suite 1108 [email protected] (Satellite and terestrial transmission New York NY 10018 USA www.rosco.com equipment & cable products) P: 917-606-5310 F: 917-606-5311 100 Middlefield Rd., Unit 1 www.sintecmedia.com Ross Video Ltd. Scarborough ON M1S 4M6 (Vision, Synergy SD, P: 416-299-6888 F: 416-299-7145 Skotel Corporation Synergy MD & MD -X (LTC and VITC time code Video Production Uve Production Technology" 5030 Sugarloaf Parkway generators and readers) Switchers, openGear, RossGear, & Lawrenceville GA 30044 USA 92094 CSP Portobello GearLite Terminal Equipment, SoftMetal P: 770-236-3221 F: 770-236-6464 Brossard QC J4W 3K8 Video Servers, & the OverDrive Production [email protected] P: 514-806-2340 F: 514-221-2338 Control System) www.scientificatlanta.com 8 John St. Sliq Media Technologies Inc. Iroquois ON KOE 1K0 Sencore Inc. (Infrastructure applications that automate & P: 613-652-4886 F: 613-652-4425 (MPEG2/4 Servers, analysis, streamers/play- monitor large scale audio/video operations) [email protected] ers, IPTV analysis & monitoring RF analyzers) 1725-3500 De Maisonneuve W. www.rossvideo.com 3200 Sencore Dr. Westmount QC H3Z 3C1 See our ad on page 10 Sioux Falls SD 57107 USA P: 514-846-0322 F: 514-846-9746 P: 1-800-736-2673 F: 605-339-0317 www.sliq.com RVA Canada www.sencore.com (Broadcast, recording and post equipment Smarts Broadcast Systems supplier, broadcast transmitters, remote Sennheiser (Canada) Inc. (Broadcast automation system; broadcast, microphones, digital equipment, (Headphones; microphones; RF systems) traffic and billing software) processing and audio software) 221 Labrosse Ave. 2508 West Main St., PO Box 284 #11-74 Dynamic Dr. Pointe Claire QC H9R 1A3 Emmetsburgh IA 50536 USA Toronto ON M1V 3X6 P: 514-426-3013 F: 514-426-3953 P: 1-800-498-0487 P: 416-299-6442/1-866-782-6934 www.sennheiser.ca [email protected] F: 416-299-0214/1-877-7025 www.smartsbroadcast.com www.rvacanada.com SETTE inc. (Transmission centre for video, audio or Solutions Broadcast RF S.W. Davis Broadcast data signals originating from satellite links, (Specializing in pro -audio, broadcast Technical Services Ltd. studios, tele -conference rooms, news mobiles radio and television products) (Specialized & hard-to- or VCRs; standard conversion services) 1047, 40e avenue obtain broadcast parts 1500, Papineau, Suite 100 Laval QC H7R 4X4 \l I & equipment; distribu- aga, imam.stints on. Montréal QC H2K 4L9 P: 450-627-0854 F: 450-627-1536 tor for Econco rebuilt power tubes) P: 514-525-1245 F: 514-525-1186 1543 Venables St., Suite 200 [email protected] 42-209 Castle Rock Dr. Vancouver BC V5L 2G8 www.sette.com Richmond Hill ON L4C 5M2 P: 604-255-2200 F: 604-255-4083 P: 905-780-0693 F: 905-780-0776 www.broadcasttechnical.com SF Marketing Inc. [email protected] See our ad on the opposite page (Professional audio and lighting equipment) www.sbrf.ca 325 Bouchard Blvd. See our ad on the inside back cover Sage Broadcast Canada Dorval QC H9S lA9 (Broadcast equipment) P: 514-780-2070 F: 514-780-2111 Sonic Science 17 Softneedle Ave. [email protected] (Sound effect & prod music library) Brampton ON L6R 1L3 www sfm.ca 79 Denlow Blvd. P: 416-893-4441 F: 905-793-2096 Toronto ON M3B 1P8

46 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 P: 416-383-0260 F: 416-383-0261 Southgate Communications Ltd. P: 613-234-4555 F: 613-230-8877 [email protected] (Broadcast tv and radio transmission [email protected] www.sonicscience.com products, systems and services) www.stikeman.com 15 Country Lane Terrace Sono Video Inc. Calgary AB T3Z 1H8 Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski (Professional audio, video, projection, P: 403-818-6114 & Richmond LLP audiovisual and multimedia equipment; (Legal services) videoconferencing) Specialty Data Systems Inc. (SDS) 133 King St. E., 2nd Floor 5005 E. Metropolitain Blvd. (SDS Symphony unifies - Toronto ON M5C 1G6 pro Doto Montreal QC H1R 1Z7 gramming, scheduling, traffic, P: 416-961-2020 F: 416-961-2021 P: 514-322-8774 F: 514-322-7012 promotions, master control, [email protected] [email protected] sales, A/R, CRTC, & reporting www.stohnhay.com www.sonovideo.com into a consolidated operation) 1255 Bay St., Suite 701 StorerTV Sonotechnique PJL Inc. Toronto ON M5R 2A9 (TV program management solutions) (Audio distribu- P: 416-960-8800 F: 416-960-8200 1361 W. Towne Square Rd. tor and supplier so technique [email protected] Mequon WI 53092 USA to the new media, radio, tv, post www.sdsunified.com P: 262-241-9005 F: 262-241-9036 production, film and ENG industries) [email protected] 4001 -2nd Avenue Stage Ventures www storertv.com Burnaby BC V5C 3X1 (Finance) P: 604-298-2200 F: 604-298-2274 1200 Bay St., Suite 1201 Sun Microsystems Inc./StorageTek Toronto ON M5R 2A5 (Data storage hardware and software) 248 The Esplanade P: 416-640-6228 F: 416-640-6232 27 Allstate Parkway, 7th Floor Toronto ON M5A 4J6 [email protected] Markham ON L3R 5L7 P: 416-947-9112/1-800-449-5919 www.stageventures.ca P: 905-477-6745 F: 905-477-9423 F: 416-947-9369 http://ca.sun.com Standard Integration Inc. 200 Gince St. (Communications systems Sundance Digital Inc. St. Laurent QC H4N 2W6 (Innovative & reliable integration serving the (r C T T N A NCr P: 514-332-6868 F: 514-332-5537 broadcast and telecommuni- broadcast automation J á.i 1Y [email protected] DIGITALi, cations industry) dtrbd /.oy.dir /R.. solutions, including A Part«Auld www sonotechnique.ca 385 Soudan Ave. "FastBreak NXT" &highly scalable "Titan" See our ad on page 44 Toronto ON M4S 1W6 for individual stations, centralcasting oper- P: 416-484-1848 F: 416-484-4833 ations, & high channel -count facilities) Ltd. Sony of Canada [email protected] 545 E. John Carpenter Frwy., Suite 200 (Video cameras, www.standardintegration.ca Irving TX 75062 USA monitors, recorders, SON Y P: 972-444-8442 F: 972-444-8450 routers, servers, automation & news systems) Statmon Technologies [email protected] 115 Gordon Baker Rd. (Proprietary remote control and monitor- www.SundanceDigital.com Toronto ON M2H 3R6 ing software and interface hardware See our ad on page 20 P: 416-499-1414 F: 416-497-1774 controling bi-directional data flow) 3000 Lakeside Dr., Suite 300S Superior Electric 65 North Bend St. Bannockburn IL 60015 USA (Power quality solutions) Coquitlam BC V3K 6N9 P: 310-601-7680 F: 310-601-7656 28 Spring Lane, Suite 3 P: 604-945-2325 F: 604-945-9528 www.statmon.com Farmington CT 06032 USA www sonybiz.ca P: 860-507-2025 F: 860-507-2050 See our ad on page 16 Stikeman Elliott [email protected] www.superiorelectric.com Soroka Sales (Legal services) (New and used video equipment) 50 O'Connor St., Suite 1600 Ottawa ON 6L2 #204-100 Bishop Dr. KIP Fredericton NB E3C 1B2 P: 647-286-8491 www.videogearintl.com Soundcraft Canada (Products for the pro audio and MI markets) Dr PJF-24 Prewired Jackfield 9629 Clément St. LaSalle QC H8R 4B4 P: 514-595-3966 F: 514-595-3970 [email protected] www.soundcraft-canada.com These prewired jackfield assemblies look and work great. They install quickly and Soundmaster Group easily, and they cost less than a plain (bare) jackfield, but save you lots of time! (Control and device integration systems twenty-four 0.25"TRS jacks all primary and normal contacts are prewired for sound/video post production) standard 1.75" x 19" layout to AMP CHAMP connectors at the back 89 Barford Rd. Toronto ON M9W 4H8 BroadcastTechnical Services Limited P: 416-741-7057 F: 416-741-4608 [email protected] çy( Phone: 604.255.2200 Fax: 604.255.4083 www.soundmaster.com

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SureConnect Broadcast Services Inc. 5939 Wallace St. North Vancouver BC V7P 3T2 (Provides seamless transfers of broadcast Mississauga ON L4Z 1Z8 P: 604-985-2250 F: 604-985-2248 video and audio -from any location to P: 905-890-8008 F: 905-890-9888 [email protected] any location -around the world.) www.teac-ca.com www.tekskil.com 701 Rossland Rd. E., Suite 443 Whitby ON LIN 9K3 Technalogix Tektronix Canada Inc. P: 416-429-5363/1-866-805-9013 (UHF, VHF, FM transmitters; translators & (SD/HD video signal F: 905-668-3494 power amplifiers; wireless internez equipment) generators, Waveform Tektronix. [email protected] #4-8021 Edgar Industrial Place monitors & rasteriz- Enabling Innovation www.sureconnect.com Red Deer AB T4P 3R3 ers; audio monitors; P: 403-347-5400 F: 403-347-7444 MPEG generators, analyzers & monitors; Synnex Canada [email protected] automated -file based content verification) (Distributor of Canon, JVC professional & www.technalogix.ca 675 Cochrane Dr., East Tower, 6th Floor Sony digital video products; computer systems) Markham ON L3R 0B8 107 Woodlawn Rd. W Technically Yours Inc. P: 800-661-5625/905-836-0595 Guelph ON N1H 6N1 (Lee lighting & camera filters; Miller F: 800-661-8994 P: 800-265-7212 F: 877-801-6300 tripods; Lectrosonic wireless audio; www.emj.ca Photoflex soft lighting and more) P.O. Box 500 M/S 50-373 7 Labatt Ave., Suite 103 14150 S.W, Karl Braun Dr. TAD Lighting Services Ltd. Toronto ON M5A 1Z1 Beaverton OR 97077-0001 USA (Studio and production lighting design) P: 416-361-9390 F: 416-361-9745 P: 800-835-9433 F: 503-627-6324 2285 Lakeshore Blvd. W, Suite 314 [email protected] www.tektronix.com/video Toronto ON M8V 3X9 www.tyi.ca P: 416-259-9814 F: 416-259-8693 Telecast Fiber Systems Inc. www.tadlighting.ca Techno-Test (Fibre optic systems for TV production) (Test and measurement solutions) 102 Grove St. TD Newcrest 2345, rue Michelin, Suite 100 Worcester MA 01605 USA (Financial services) Laval QC H7L 5B9 P: 508-754-4858 F: 508-752-1520 66 Wellington St. W, 7th Floor, TD Tower P: 450-681-5777 F: 450-681-3773 [email protected] Toronto ON M5K 1A2 [email protected] www.telecast-fiber.com P: 416-983-3954 F: 416-307-0512 www.techno-test.com Telestream Inc. TEAC Canada Ltd. Tekskil Industries Inc. (Specializing in products that simplify the (Development and manufacture of (Prompting systems) access and exchange of high -quality video advanced recording technologies) 988 Harbourside Dr., Suite 102 and audio over data networks) 848 Gold Flat Rd. Nevada City CA 95959 USA P: 530-470-1300 F: 530-470-1301 [email protected] www.telestream.net

Telmar HMS Ltd. (Information services & software solutions for advertising media planners, buyers & sellers) 90 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 410 Toronto ON M4P 2Y3 P: 416-487-2111 F: 416-487-2119 [email protected] www.ca.telmar.com

Telonix Communications Inc. Aliga-e] (Test & measurement equipment; communication & network products) 15-305 Industrial Parkway S. Are you ready for August 2011? Aurora ON L4G 6X7 P: 905-727-3050 F: 905-727-2991 The Ultimate ATSC Transmitter Family www.telonix.ca

With the new ruling in Canada for over the air digital transmission, Rohde Telos Systems & Schwarz are pleased to introduce a new family of low power, medium ROHDE&SCHWARZ (Variety of IP CODECS enable high - power and high power digital TV transmitters. Rohde quality, robust audio transport over & Schwarz Low Power SLx 8000 compact series [NEW] from 3W to 160W UHF ATSC. Canada Inc. private or public IP connections) Medium Power NH/NV 8200 series one rack from to 750 Palladium Drive solution 300W 2101 Superior Ave. Suite 102 1200W UHF ATSC. Cleveland OH 44114 USA Ottawa, ON K2V 1C7 Medium Power NM/NW 8200 series, one rack solution from 500W to P: 216-241-7225 F: 216-241-4103 Phone: (613) 592-8000 [email protected] 2000W VHF ATSC. Fax: (613) 592-8009 www.telos-systems.com Toll Free: (877) 438-2880 High Power Nx 8600 series, one rack liquid cool solution [NEW] from www.rohde-schwarz.com 1.6kW to 9kW UHF ATSC. Testforce Systems Inc. (Wide range of test Please contact us for more details. and measurement equipment)

48 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 7879 -8th Street N.E., Suite 111 using the moving image to communicate) [email protected] Calgary AB T2E 8A2 535 E. Crescent Ave. www.tri-lite.tv P: 403-247-3725 F: 403-202-2016 Ramsey NJ 07446 USA P: 201-574-4419 F: 201-818-4002 Trispec Communications Inc. 2-1795 Ironstone Manor (Full range of optical and broadband Pickering ON L1W 3W9 104 Feeding Hills Rd. network products and services) P: 905-839-4290 F: 905-839-0452 Southwick MA 01077 USA 8500, Pascal Gagnon www.testforce.com P: 860-763-1100 F: 860-763-1151 St -Leonard QC H1P 1Y4 www.thomsongrassvalley.com P: 514-328-2025 F: 514-328-6078 TFT Inc. [email protected] (Emergency alert systems; modulation Tin Lee Electronics Ltd. monitors; studio transmitter links) (CATV & RF filter products; TV antenna 7330 Victoria Park Ave., Unit A 1953 Concourse Dr. headend and TV/RF distribution systems) Markham ON L3R 1J1 San Jose CA 95131 USA 41 Coxwell Ave. P: 905-474-3444 F: 905-474-3553 P: 408-943-9323 F: 408-432-9218 Toronto ON M4L 3A9 www.trispec.com [email protected] P: 416-690-3196 F: 416-690-0932 www.tftinc.com [email protected] Triveni Digital www.tinlee.com (Open systems products for data broadcast- The Canadian Traffic Network ing and data -enhanced digital television) (Providing airborne traffic reports that TMGTV Productions 3510 Emerson Ave. have an advertising message embedded) (Full service video TMGTV Boulder CO 80305-6648 USA 2225 Sheppard Ave. E., Suite 1204 production facility; productions P: 720-304-8797 Toronto ON M2J 5C2 field production, 3D [email protected] P: 416-849-9090 F: 416-849-9091 virtual studio and encoding services) www.trivenidigital.com 1 Yonge St., 9th Floor The Captioning Group Inc. Toronto ON M5E 1E6 Trylon TSF (Realtime and offline captioning services) P: 416-869-4700 F: 416-869-4566 (Towers, monopoles, fall protection 505 Patina Place S.W. [email protected] equipment; tower engineering analysis) Calgary AB T3H 2P5 www.tmgty ca P.O. Box 186, 21 South Field Dr. P: 1-800-717-9707 Elmira ON N3B 2Z6 [email protected] Toon Boom Animation Inc. P: 519-669-5421 F: 519-669-8912 www.captioning.com (Animation software) [email protected] 7 Laurier St. E. www.trylon.com The Hull Group Montreal QC H2T 1E4 (Insurance services) P: 514-278-8666 F: 514-278-2666 TVC Canada Brookfield Place [email protected] (Integrator & value added reseller, supply- & to Bay Wellington Tower www.toonboom.com ing products from cable connectors & solutions) 181 Bay St., Suite 4200 digital video transport power Toronto ON M5J 2T3 Total Media Systems Inc. 7880 Woodbine Ave. systems) L3R 2N7 P: 416-865-0131 F: 416-865-0896 (Systems integrator of audio/video Markham ON [email protected] 1479 Laperriere Ave. P: 905-477-7772/1-800-319-9933 www.thehullgroup.com Ottawa ON K1Z 7S8 F: 905-477-9665 P: 613-798-9300 F: 613-798-9301 The Music People Ltd. www.totalmedia.ca #200-259 Midpark Way S.E. (Stock music, music licensing, Calgary AB T2X 1M2 compact discs of production music) Tradeport Electronics Group P: 403-254-9120 F: 403-256-2440 (Test and measurement instrumentation; 45 Charles St E., 3rd Floor repairs and calibration) 201 Brownlow Ave., Suite 44 Toronto ON M4Y 1S2 668 Millway Ave., Suite 7 Dartmouth NS B3B 1W2 P: 1-877-920-6746/416-923-6746 Vaughan ON L4K 3V2 P: 902-468-6711 F: 902-468-6714 F: 416-923-3351 F: www.tvccanada.com [email protected] P: 800-379-4620 905-660-3019 www.musicpeople.net [email protected] www tradeport.on.ca 884, Place Trans Canada The Vitec Group Longueuil QC J4G 2M1 P: 450-674-2641/1-888-674-2641 (Vinten, Sachtler, O'Conner, Petrol products) Transtector Systems (Power products inc. AC, DC, data and F: 450-674-1554 99 The Queensway, Unit 44 signal surge protection, communications Toronto ON M8Y 1H6 power cabinets, EMP protection, lightning 1-11393 Kingston St. P: 647-226-1364 protection, and power engineering services) Maple Ridge BC V2X 0Y7 10701 N. Airport Rd. P: 604-465-0068/1-800-387-4445 Thomas & Betts F: 604-465-0849 manufacturer Hayden ID 83835 USA (Designer and www.tvccanada.com of connectors and components) P: 1-800-882-9110 F: 208-762-6133 [email protected] 2000 Argentia Rd., Plaza 5, Suite 500 www.transtector.com Unique Broadband Systems Inc. Mississauga ON L5N 2R7 See our ad on page 23 (High-speed mobile wireless systems; P: 905-858-0525 F: 905-858-4459 fixed broadband wireless access systems; www.tnb-canada.com Tri -Lite TV transmission equipment) (Tri -Lite TV provides location 400 Spinnaker Way / Valley Thomson Grass technical facilites and crew) Vaughan ON L4K 5Y9 (Providing high quality technologies, 2196 Dunwin Dr. P: 905-669-8533 F: 905-669-8516 systems and services to the media, enter- Mississauga ON L5L 1C7 [email protected] tainment & communications industries P: 905-828-2225 F: 905-828-4805 www.uniquesys.com

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Utah Scientific Inc. Madison WI 53719 USA WideOrbit (Analog and digital routing switchers P: 608-274-5789 F: 608-278-2746 (Traffic, sales and billing systems to broad- and master controls) www.weathercentral.tv casters, networks, and cable operators) 4750 Wiley Post Way, Suite 150 535 Pacific Ave., Suite 400 Salt Lake City UT 84116 Webbtronics San Francisco CA 94133 USA P: 801-575-8801 F: 801-537-3099 23 Shetland Cres. P: 415-675-6700 F: 415-675-6701 www.utahscientific.com St. Catharines ON L2P 3P6 www.wideorbit.com P: 905-321-0726 F: 905-684-2656 VCI Solutions www.webbtronics.ca WILCAN Electronics Ltd. (VCI supplies the Orion `J Are (Electrical surge pro- wilcan traffic and billing system v Western Imperial Magnetics Ltd. tection equipment) POWERSURGES.COM with full CRTC report- (Audio, video, CD & DVD media, duplication 8560 Torbram Rd. ing and a modern, services & equipment; custom graphic design) Unit 35 expandable master control room automa- 7-12840 Bathgate Way Brampton ON L6T 5C9 tion system for TV and specialty channels) Richmond BC V6V 1Z4 P: 888-596-2020 F: 888-866-7775 146 Chestnut St. P: 604-270-8682 F: 604-270-2745 [email protected] Springfield MA 01103 USA www.wimmedia.com www.powersurges.com P: 413-272-7200 F: 413-272-7201 [email protected] Westlake Electronic Supply Inc. WinRadio Software Inc. www.vcisolutions.com (Electronic wire, cable, and parts needed (Windows -based radio and for the television and radio industry) TV automation software package) Vecima Networks Inc. 415 Westlake Ave. N., P.O. Box 9546 63, Sauriol (RF communications for data -over -cable, Seattle WA 98109 USA Laval QC H7N 3B2 video -on -demand & broadband fixed wireless) P: 1-800-523-8677/206-622-6600 P: 514-984-4912 F: 450-973-7729 4210 Commerce Circle F: 206-628-0508 www.winradio.ca Victoria BC V8Z 6N6 www.westlakel.com P: 250-881-1982 F: 250-881-1974 Winsted Corporation www.vecima.com WesTower Communications Ltd. (Technical furniture solutions for (Design, engineering, video and broadcast installations) Vidcom Communications Ltd. construction and N/ESTOWER" 10901 Hampshire Ave. S. (Broadcast/video/post production maintenance of COMMUNICATIONS Minneapolis MN 55438-2385 hardware/software, sales & rentals) telecommunications sites and towers) P: 1-800-447-2257/952-944-9050 1721 Fir St. 17886 -55th Avenue F: 952-944-1546 Vancouver BC V6J 5J9 Surrey BC V3S 6C8 [email protected] P: 604-732-9711 F: 604-732-8814 P: 604-576-4755 F: 604-576-4855 www.winsted.com [email protected] www vidcom.ca 75 Urquhart Ave. WireCAD Moncton NB El 2R4 (Design and documentation tools for Videoquip Research Limited P: 506-861-9114 F: 506-861-9100 system designers, design engineers, system (Designs and manufactures integrators and network engineers) electronic devices and products) 60 South Field Dr. 4286 E. Amity Ave., Suite 102 595 Middlefield Rd., Unit 4 Elmira ON N3B 2Z6 Nampa ID 83687 USA Scarborough ON M1V 3S2 P: 519-669-4144 F: 519-669-1980 P: 661-253-4370 F: 208-468-8797 P: 416-293-1042 F: 416-293-1071 [email protected] [email protected] 1925 Alberta Ave. www.wirecad.com www.videoquip.com Saskatoon SK S7K 1S1 P: 306-384-5999 F: 306-384-8949 Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Inc. Videoscope [email protected] (Mic preamps, mixers, processors, amplifiers, (Audio visual and broadcast www.westower.com speakers; digital recording equipment) technology sales and rentals) See our ad on the opposite page 80 Citizens Crt., Unit 5 Markham ON L6G 1A7 31 Prince Andrew Place P: 1-866-211-9366 Option 2 Toronto ON M3C 2H2 Wheatstone Corporation/ [email protected] P: 416-449-3030 F: 416-449-5230 Audioarts Engineering [email protected] (Audio consoles for broadcasting) 6600 Orangethorpe Ave. www.videoscope.com 600 Industrial Dr. Buena Park CA 90620 USA New Bern NC 28562 USA P: 714-522-9011 P: 252-638-7000 F: 252-637-4857 Ward -Beck Systems Ltd. www.yamaha.com (Broadcast equip- [email protected] ment; all aspects of V119=" % # www.wheatstone.com manufacturing, RESEARCH including R&D, engineering, electronic White Radio Ltd. AND assembly, metal fabrication) (Video, audio/video and proaudio solutions INFORMATION SERVICES 455 Milner Ave., Unit 10 including switchers and matrixes, scalers, Toronto ON M1B 2K4 scan converters and format converters) Arbitron Inc. P: 416-335-5999 F: 416-335-5202 940 Gateway Dr. (Research Services) ARBITRON [email protected] Burlington ON L7L 5K7 9705 Patuxent www.ward-beck.com P: 1-800-565-3586 F: 905-632-6981 Woods Dr. www.whiteradio.com Columbia MD 21046-1572 USA Weather Central Inc. P: 410-312-8000 F: 410-312-8611 (Weather graphics & data) www.arbitron.com 401 Charmany Dr., Suite 201

50 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 BBM Analytics Inc. Coleman Marketwire (Offering software solutions to provide (Research into music trends (News release distri- i; clients with critical insight into the impacts and branding opportunities) bution, media man- ma r ketw (re of broadcast content & consumer behaviours) P.O. Box 13829 agement, monitoring) 1500 Don Mills Rd., 3rd Floor Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA 48 Yonge St., 8th Floor Toronto ON M3B 3L7 P: 919-571-0000 F: 919-571-9999 Toronto ON M5E 1G6 P: 416-445-8881 F: 416-445-8406 [email protected] P: 416-362-0885 F: 416-362-9693 www.bbmanalytics.ca www.ColemanInsights.com www.marketwire.com

BBM Canada Communications Research MediaLAB/Mediastats Inc. (Broadcast audience Centre Canada (Research Services) measurement) (Communications R&D) 68 Wellington St. E. 1500 Don Mills Rd., 3rd FL bbm 3701 Carling Ave., PO Box 11490, Stn H Aurora ON L4G 1H8 TATS Toronto ON M3B 3L7 Ottawa ON K2H 8S2 P: 905-726-2626 P: 416-445-9800 F: 416-445-8644 P: 613-991-3313 F: 613-998-5355 F: 905-726-3350 [email protected] [email protected] 10991 Shellbridge Way, Suite 208 www.crc.ca www.mediastats.com Richmond BC V6X 3C6 P: 604-248-0770 F: 604-214-9648 Harris/Decima News Canada Inc. (Public opinion and market research) (Information Services) 810 2055 Peel St., 11th Floor 160 Elgin St., Suite 1800 111 Peter St., Suite Montréal QC H3A 1V4 Ottawa ON K2P 2P7 Toronto ON M5V 2H1 P: F: 416-599-9700 P: 514-878-9711 F: 514-878-4210 P: 613-230-2200 F: 613-230-3793 416-599-9900 [email protected] www.newscanada.com www.bbm.ca 2345 Yonge St., Suite 405 Toronto ON M4P 2E5 Nielsen Entertainment (Information and monitoring systems BBM Nielsen Media Research Inc. P: 416-962-2013 F: 416-962-0505 for BookScan, BDS, MobileScan, 160 McNabb St. 1080 Beaver Hall St., 4th Floor SoundScan, VideoScan) Markham ON L3R 4B8 Montréal QC H2Z 1S8 111 Richmond St. W, Suite 1501 P: 416-445-9800 P: 514-288-0037 F: 514-288-0138 Toronto ON M5H 2G4 P: 416-979-4616 F: 416-979-4615 BDS Radio Canada www.harrisdecima.com www.nielsenrei.com (Provider of airplay tracking information) Joint Communications Corp. 1770 Burrard St., 210 Suite (Market research, Nielsen Media Research Vancouver BC V6J 3G7 cluster strategy, radio JOINT (Advertising intelligence P: 604-736-4861 F: 604-736-7454 CON MUN IC ATIONS and television) services and television audi- [email protected] 1720 Post Rd. E., Suite 214 ence software and analysis) Nielsen www.bdsradio.com Westport CT 06880 USA 160 McNabb St. Media Research P: 203-227-9533 Markham ON L3R 4B8 Broadcast News Ltd. [email protected] P: 905-475-9595 F: 905-475-7296 (See The Canadian Press) www.jointcommunications.com 1155, rue Metcalfe, Suite 1480 Cision Mark Kassof & Co. Montréal QC H3B 2V6 (Integrated services & software (Research Services) maimipluiF se, P: 514-878-0838 F: 514-878-0828 solutions for reputation & campaign www.nielsenmedia.ca 2531 Jackson Ave. wccEzs sranT[GiEs anDlo ' I management, media monitoring) Suite 227 332 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 900 Ann Arbor MI 48103 USA Oakes Research Chicago IL 60604-4301 USA (Programming, marketing & sales research P: 734-662-5700 P: 312-922-2400 [email protected] for radio, TV & CRTC licence applications) www.cision.com www.kassof.com 27 Garden Ave. Toronto ON M6R 1H5 CNN Newsource Sales P: 416-532-1999 One Time Warner otiN.,+¡y RcE Center, 20th Floor GntJl/IJIVC New York NY 10019-8017 USA P: 212-275-6734 F: 212-275-7159 BIG Presence CNW Group (Distribution & archiving; O news releases, webcasts & photos; video production C N W GROUP and distribution) 11P 20 Bay St., Suite 1500 Across Canada Toronto ON M5J 2N8 P: 416-863-9350 F: 416-863-4825 [email protected] www.newswire.ca

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Solutions Research Group Canadian Broadcast Sales imsradio Consultants Inc. 45 St Clair Ave. W, 5th Fl. 2 St. Clair Ave. W. (Full -service mar- solutions Toronto ON M4V 1K9 Suite 1700 imsradio ket research firm RESEARCH GROUP P: 416-961-4770 Toronto ON M4V 1L6 with specialized F: 416-961-5158 P: 416-323-7405 F: 416-924-5258 expertise in media, technology www.radiocbs.com [email protected] and entertainment) www.imsradio.com 2200 Yonge St., Suite 910 601 West Broadway St., Suite 600 Toronto ON M4S 2C6 Vancouver BC V5Z 4C2 1788 -5th Avenue W, Suite 318 P: 416-323-1337 F: 416-323-0338 P: 604-683-0860 F: 604-683-7577 Vancouver BC V6J 1P2 [email protected] P: 604-685-5747 F: 604-685-9166 www.srgnet.com 1015 -4th Street S.W., Suite 745 Calgary AB T2R 1J4 911 -14th Street S.E. The Canadian Press P: 403-264-0500 F: 403-264-0503 Calgary AB T2G 3K2 (News agency) P: 403-208-9466 F: 403-208-9408 THE CANADIAN PRESS !! 36 King St. E. 201-125 Centre Ave. Toronto ON MSC 2L9 Winnipeg MB ROG OBO 1411, rue du Fort, Suite 300 P: 416-364-0321 F: 416-364-1325 P: 204-324-6464 F: 204-324-8918 Montreal QC H3H 2R1 [email protected] P: 514-846-4745 F: 514-989-2529 www.thecanadianpress.com 800, rue de la Gauchetiere Ouest, Suite 1100 [email protected] Montreal QC H5A 1M1 www.imsradio.com The Marketing Shop P: 514-787-7908 F: 514-787-7994 (Research Services) imstv 38 Pine Cres. 1718 Argyle St., Suite 415 1788 -5th Avenue W, Suite 318 Toronto ON M4E 1L2 Halifax NS B3J 3N6 Vancouver BC V6J 1P2 P: 416-694-6672 P: 902-423-6566 F: 902-423-6885 P: 604-685-5747 F: 604-685-9166 www.radiocbs.com [email protected] www.imstv.ca STATION Can West Media Works REPRESENTATIVES Sales & Marketing Radio Unie Target 250 Yonge St., Suite 1700 CanWest 7005, boul Taschereau, Suite 268 Airtime Television Sales Inc. Toronto ON M5B 2L7 meDláillorKs" Brossard QC J4Z 1A7 6 Crescent Rd., 2nd Floor P: 416-593-6556 P: 450-656-8615 F: 450-656-8851 Toronto ON M4W 1T1 www.radio-unie-target.com P: 416-923-7177 F: 416-923-7620 200 Granville St., Suite 180 Vancouver BC V6C 1S4 Robert Cole Media Inc. P: 604-605-2977 F: 604-605-2944 28 Canvin Ave. FUJ:fILM FUJINON Kirkland QC H9H 4S4 1010 St. Catherine St. W, Suite 200 P: 514-693-1221 F: 514-693-2108 Montreal QC H3B 5L1 P: 514-849-9987 Target Broadcast Sales Inc. When size matters. www.canwestmediaworks.com 1867 Yonge St. Target Suite 905 CHUM Radio Sales Toronto ON M4S 1Y5 1331 Yonge St. P: 416-932-2202 F: 416-932-2336 Toronto ON M4T 1Y1 [email protected] P: 416-925-6666 www.targetbroadcast.com

300-380 West 2nd Avenue 1080 Mainland St., Suite 417 Vancouver BC V5Y 1C8 Vancouver BC V6B 2T4 P: 604-689-1488 F: 604-689-4113 P: 604-689-1156 F: 604-689-1157 [email protected] 1010 Sherbrooke St. W, Suite 2202 Montréal QC H3A 2R7 TSN Sales P: 514-845-4111 F: 514-842-4412 9 Channel Nine Crt. Toronto ON MIS 4B5 Golden West Media P: 416-332-5000 F: 416-332-4330 201-125 Centre Ave. www.tsn.ca Fujinon's Next Generation Winnipeg MB ROG OBO of Studio Lenses P: 204-324-6464 F: 204-324-8918 V.I.P. inc.

Wide Angle 7mm Lightweight (13.2 lbs.) (Vendeurs Indépendants Precise Zoom/Focus Robotic Interface Groupe Force Radio Professionnels) Minimum Focus Breathing Removable Hood 800, rue De La Gauchetiere Ouest 787, Salaberry Bureau 1100 Ville Mercier QC J6R 2L1 www.fujinon.com Montreal QC H5A 1M1 P: 514-978-3683 F: P: F: Broadcast and Communications Products Division 514-787-8001 514-798-8748

FUJINON INC. 12-6715 Yonge St., Suite 203, Newmarket www.forceradio.ca WTR Media Sales Inc. Ontano. Canada. L3X 1X4, Phone: (905) 898-1382, FAX: (905) 8983350 1024 -17th Avenue S.E. FUJINON INC. 10 High P060 Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470-7434 Phone: (873) 633-5600, FAX: (873) 633-5216 Calgary AB T2G 1J8 FWINON CORPORATION 1324 Uetake, Kita -Ku P: 403-296-1340 Salama Phone: City, Saitama 331.9624 Japan 81-48-668-2152 F: 403-296-1341

52 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 A politically incorrect greeting

BY WAYNE ENS

Christmas! There, I said it. I We have a purpose bigger than the pay -cheque. We transform get so tired of the politically -cor- lives. We help people, raising millions for charities, promot- Menyrect. Maybe it's because I'm not ing Christmas toy drives, and alerting the public to dangers offended when a friend wishes me Happy and situations they need to be made aware of. Hanukkah, or because I feel honoured We entertain people, adding laughter, music and insight to when another friend invites me to her cul- their otherwise boring lives. We keep people informed, make ture's New Year's celebration in November. them think, and even show them how to decorate their homes. In any case, no one seems to object to We help motorists to avoid traffic jams and help the electorate getting a day off on December 25th, even to make enlightened decisions... although often there isn't though we all know how the holiday origi- much for them to choose from. nated, so Merry Christmas everyone! We are recognized for what we do and who we work with. As you take time off over this holiday period, I invite you to When we tell someone, "I work for CXX(:, seldom do we reflect upon how fortunate you are to be in this business. hear "who's that?" or "what do they do?" We get paid for helping other people, it doesn't get any bet- We are learning new things and growing every day. ter than that. We are in the information business in the information age. Whether we're helping cancer victims with a fund-raising The basic communications skills we learned in old media campaign, or helping a business to grow with our advertising are increasingly transferable and valuable in new media. campaigns, we're helping people. Two motivators new job candidates in any field seek the most Others envy our careers in media. When we're introduced are; I) the opportunity to work with people, and 2) the oppor- to someone at a party as being in radio or television, they imme- tunity "to be creative"... we're there on both fronts every day. diately find us interesting and ask us all kinds of questions... We meet rock stars, movie stars, politicians and interesting some even offer their passionate critiques. I don't think a life people on the street that many people never have the oppor- insurance person, an undertaker, a clerk or labourer enjoy the tunity to meet. same enthusiastic response. Our jobs change daily, with new competition, ratings, tech- Sure, we're all faced with fragmentation and new competition, nologies and budgets. I've never heard of anyone in broad- threatened by new technologies, squeezed by tightening bud- casting who died of boredom. gets and pressured by increased revenue demands, but what Remember how excited and fortunate you felt when you got industry isn't? your first job in broadcasting? Write down the reasons you got You've probably seen the cartoon with the caption "When into this business or why you like doing what you do, and keep you are up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember your objec- it close at hand. Then, in 2008 if you encounter a bad book, tive was to drain the swamp." miss your quota, or have one of your ideas rejected, pull out Do yourself a favour over the holidays, and take a moment your list and count your blessings. to remind yourself about your objectives and why you are in I heard an interview with country singer Kenny Rogers once this business. where he said: "Find a way to get paid for doing something you Here are just a few of the blessings you might want to count; love and you'll never have to work a day in your life." I think The people! People outside of our industry who punch a that's where all of us in broadcasting are. clock or work on an assembly line can only fantasize about So merry ... happy... greetings... season's... wishes... how- having the opportunity to work with such a diverse and cre- ever you say it, I wish you all the best for 2008 and beyond. ative group of peers. Some of us are wacky, some disciplined and some adventurous while others are focussed. But togeth- Wayne Ens is a Canadian broadcast sales consultant. He may be er we produce a product and service like no other. reached at [email protected] or (705) 484-9993.

We're on the edge of something new!

BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 53 NBULLEYMAUREENBULLEYMAUREENBULLEYMAUREENBULLEYMAUREENBULLEYMAUREENBU Do you hear what I hear?

stimulating to the audience, or the real using stock music from our production estate market is just so hot that condos library. We simply need to make the will sell anyway and advertising has little decision whether the music will be a to do with robust sales. backdrop adding texture to the overall feel I thought I'd give the creators of this of the commercial; or play a major role advertising the benefit of the doubt, and in making the commercial memorable. try to figure out why clients continue to Custom or stock, these principles apply. invest so much money in these musical To add texture, one should read their makeovers-some well done, others not commercial along with the music before so much. But I thought it more impor- it is recorded to ensure that both copy tant to analyse the effect of these 30- or and music are complementary. This will 60 -second compositions on the listener. also allow a check of the length of the My curiosity was further piqued after copy. If possible, have the announcer lis- having read several stories about music ten to the music either before or during and the brain. The role music plays in the recording process so they can better medical conditions, such as the story of understand the mood you are trying to the 15 -year old prodigy who battled achieve. autism at a young age to become an Another way to use music is to let it accomplished jazz pianist. Or the doctor be the key focus of the commercial. If who was struck by lightning and later you want to set the scene and put your developed a craving for music so intense listener somewhere specific at the very that he taught himself piano and beginning of the commercial, music can became a composer. Clearly music is a help you establish that scene. What does powerful force we are now only begin- the music make you think of? Are you Maureen Bulley is president of THE RADIO ning to understand. recreating the ambience of an intimate STORE. She may be reached at 1 -888 -DO Music is a valuable creative tool that Italian restaurant? A romantic evening at RADIO or by e-mail at [email protected]. makes advertising more memorable. a couples resort? A children's birthday Commercials that use music as the main party? Music can take you anywhere you wanted to spend this col- creative tool perform well above the want to go. umn talking about music in average. Music sells consumers, and makes advertising for a couple of For a true music commercial to be them purchase product. I cannot simpli- reasons. One, it works very well effective, the music must be able to carry fy the neurological rationale for that phe- the commercial. It forms the bulk of the nomenon in a few short paragraphs, so and, two, it's grossly overused time, and is likely the most memorable I'll recommend further reading on the in some product categories. part. The music must fit and compliment subject. I've put a few of these books on Case in point, advertising for condo- what you are attempting to communi- my holiday wish list and you may wish minium developers that reworks popu- cate. It must be able to convey the es- to add them to yours: Musicophilia by lar (or unpopular) songs to sell boxes of sence of the advertising. Oliver Sacks; This Is Your Brain on Music air. It must be working because it contin- Even if clients cannot afford custom by Daniel J. Levitin; and, Metallica and ues to be the primary creative tool for compositions, we can write commercials Philosophy edited by William Irwin. advertising all manner of real Music in advertising works estate on radio. Developers' -whether it's the re -use of a investment in radio advertising classic in a manner that disap- has been the foundation upon points purist fans, or a genuine, which budgets were achieved compelling original piece creat- this fiscal year. Seems logical ed specifically to compliment a when you think that advertising product or service. It's powerful. unbuilt condos on television is And it sticks like glue to the difficult at best due to the lack point that tunes replay them- of product visuals available pri- selves in our minds even after or to ground breaking. we're tired of them, not unlike 1164 Duck Pond Road 705.875.1844 The way I see it, it's working that Christmas carol you're RR #2 Lakefield ON KOL 2H0 mediagu yeattgÌóbà l . net either because the corny adap- hearing over and over and over tations are memorable and again. 54 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 /,J /j a

CKBL-FM 92.9 The Bull Better Country CJGV-FM 99.1 Groove FM Blend of Jazz, (Saskatoon Media Group, R&B, Motown and Blues formerly 629112,Saskatchewan Ltd.) (Corus Premium Television) p fm 366 3rd Avenue S. 1 930 Portage Ave. ,ggt çeJ Saskatoon SK S7K 1 M5 R3G r`l Winnipeg MB OP8 4;ktyouf9(p0ve P: 306-244-1975 F: 306-665-5501 P: 204-786-2471 F: 204-780-9750 [email protected] www.groovefm.ca www.929thebullrocks.com General Manager: Garth Buchko GM: Vic Dubois PD: Russ Tyson Launched: November 1, 2007 at 7:00 am Launched: Nov. 5,2007 at 7:14 am (CT) First song played: Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy by Big & Rich First song played: Let's Groove by Earth, Wind and Fire On November 1, 2007 Elmer Hildebrand's station Hot 93 (CFQC-FM) On November 5 at 7:14 a.m. CJZZ-FM became 99.1 Groove FM became 92.9 The Bull (CKBL-FM). While Hot 93 was a more mainstream (CJG V FM). Featuring the image voice of Isaac Hayes, audiences hear country format, 92.9 The Bull focuses more on a more up -tempo, artists such as George Benson, Michael Bublé, Earth Wind and Fire, «danceable» format. According to general manager Vic Dubois, the Marvin Gaye, Sade and Grover Washington Jr. plus a programming station has a hipper and younger sound. "It's Bull Country" line-up that gives listeners a unique adult alternative. Supporting local jazz initiatives is a priority: Corus Radio Winnipeg and 99.1 Groove FM will continue to partner with the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Music Jazz Studies program as well as hold title sponsor status of the Jazz Winnipeg Festival.

JazzAvenue.ca (Saskatoon Media Group, formerly 629112 Saskatchewan Ltd.) 366 3rd Avenue S.

Saskatoon SK S7K 1 M5 Super Channel P: 306-244-1975 F: 306-665-5501 (Allarco Entertainment) _111 GM: Vic Dubois Edmonton, AB super. Launched: November 1, 2007 at 7:00 am P: 780-430-2828 CHANNEL First song played: It Takes Two to Tango by Louis Armstrong [email protected] Jazzavenue.ca is Saskatchewan's first Internet -only radio station. It www.superchannel.ca uses the programming philosophy of an over-the -air station and the www.bell.ca/superchannel company's automated studio technology. While there aren't going to President and COO: Malcolm Knox be any !rye DJs for the time being, Dubois likes the idea of serving a Launched: November 2, 2007 niche market where tracking listeners is going to be easy due to Super Channel, the new pay television network was launched technology. Another advantage is that no CRTC approval was November 2 for subscribers of Express Vu digital TV. Super Channel necessary to launch it. consists of two new HD channels, four new SD channels, and an SVOD platform offering a range of movies and series never seen on Canadian TV. Super Channel showcases a selection of edgy, award - winning and critically acclaimed programs-movies, documentaries, series, extreme sports and music from around the world. In addition to premiering a new movie every night, Super Channel brings Canadian viewers more than 20 series, such as Passions, The Closer CFXO-FM Sun Country 99.7 FM Country and Side Order of Life. (Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.) 11-5 Avenue SE (SUN 99.7FM High River AB Ti V 1G2 COUNTRY P: 403-995-9611 F: 403-938-0732 [email protected] www.sui99radio.com Station/Sales Manager: Jeff Young Launched: October 30, 2007 at 7:00 am First song played: Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts Sun Country 99.7 FM offers an addition and alternative to The Eagle and AM 1140 for High River, Okotoks and The Foothills. You hear the biggest stars and the best country music including Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts. Sun Country 99.7 FM blends the best country music with local news, information and events that matter to listeners.

of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007,JANUARY 2008 CKCS-TV CTS Calgary TLN en Español (Crossroads Television System Inc.) 839-5 Avenue SW, Suite 100B (Corus Entertainment Inc.) Calgary AB T2P 3C8 5125 Steeles Ave W. P: 403-263-3191 F: 403-263-3705 Toronto ON M9L 1R5 www.ctstv.com P: 416-744-8200 F: 416-744-0966 Launched: October 8, 2007 at 6:00 am CALGARY [email protected] www.tlntv.com tin en español CKES-TV CTS Edmonton President: Aldo Di Felice (Crossroads Television System Inc.) Launched: October 23, 2007 at 9:00 am 5330 Calgary Trail First feature: Despierta America Edmonton AB T6H 4J8 TLN en Español, the first Canadian -made all Hispanic television channel P: 780-433-3118 o F: 780-433-3248 to be available from coast to coast, was launched on Express Vu digital www.ctstv.com TV from Bell, channel 699 on October 23. The launch responds to Launched: October 8, 2007 at 6:00 am EDMONTON the needs of one of the country's fastest growing third language communities. TLN en Español provides an unparalleled line-up CTS Calgary (CKCS-TV) and CTS Edmonton (CKES-TV) launched Oct. featuring all the best in news, drama, soccer, and more. 8 at 6:00 am with the Gaither Gospel Music program on Channel 45 in Edmonton and Channel 32 in Calgary. CTS airs several locally - produced shows, including 'Close-Up', a one hour documentary series featuring biographies of famous Albertans. A one -hour documentary series, 'A Priest, a Monk and a Rabbi...' will begin airing in January. Doug Main is the host of 'Top Story' for Edmonton while Sheila Rowe is the host in Calgary.

CFFX-FM Lite 104.3 Contemporary Light Rock (Corus Entertainment Inc.) 170 Queen St. Kingston ON K7K 1B2 P: 613-544-2340 F: 613-544-5508 RDS HD www.lite1043.ca (CTVglobemedia) PD: Derrick Scott 1755, boul. René -Lévesque Est, Bur 300 HD Launched: October 15, 2007 at 12:05 pm Montreal QC H2K 4P6 First song played: A New Day Has Come by Celine Dion P: 514-599-2244 F: 514-599-2249 Lite 104.3FM delivers contemporary light rock songs along with [email protected] favourites from the 50s to the 70s. Features include The No Repeat www.rds.ca Workday, playing a wide variety of songs without repetitions, and President: Gerry Frappier The Community Spotlight featuring non-profit and family events. Launched: October 3, 2007 Oldies are still a part of the line-up on certain shows. There's local First feature: Live coverage of the Montreal Canadiens home opener news coverage every 30 minutes in weekdays morning drive and RDS HD is the first French -language specialty network in Quebec to every 60 minutes from 9 am to 6 pm. offer live sports events in HD. The new service will offer over 1,000 hours of HD programming in its first year. All Montreal Canadiens games are being produced and broadcast in HD. Other major sports events in HD include golf tournaments, the Super Bowl, the Grey

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BROADCAST DIALOGUL Tole Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 JEFFVIDLER PPM: Seeing through the hype

Jeff Vidler is stakes involved, check out the list of terms of the kinds of stations they listen a Partner in heavyweights that have signed on to the to? Does the 18-34 male who clips the Solutions project: Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson, pager -sized PPM device on his belt listen Research Pfizer, Unilever, Kraft, Pepsi and Wal-Mart. to different radio stations than 18-34 Group, a So it's not surprising that Arbitron is males who won't? What about the 35-44 Toronto -based trying to make a good thing sound a woman who wears a dress to work and research con- whole lot better to ensure that PPM gets has no belt or pockets in which to put sulting firm out of starting gate. her PPM? Does she listen to different sta- with a primary Take Arbitron's emphasis on the ex- tions than the woman who wears jeans focus on en- tremely high weekly reach, fig- and a blouse? (Remember, you can't just tertainment, cume, or slip a PPM into your purse. It has a motion media, tech- ures that PPM generates. (These are, by nology and the way, the only ratings numbers detector to make sure that you are carry- leisure. He Arbitron is releasing publicly from the ing it on your person at all times.) may be first two PPM markets, Philadelphia and We would hope that Arbitron has reached by Houston.) By measuring exposure rather looked into this, but if they have, the e-mail at than recall of listening, most stations are results have not been publicly released. jvidler@ getting close to twice the cume that they None of this, of course, means that srgnet.com. picked up in the diary system. Looks PPM is a bad thing. But it does help to great, right? see through the hype to set realistic But, before we start celebrating radio's expectations-and to demand the kind Ishould make one thing clear rebirth as a reach medium, it's worth of improvements to the methodology that from the start-I think PPM remembering that the buzzword among will ensure that radio gets the measure- is a good thing for radio. A advertisers these days is "engagement" ment it deserves. metered solution to audience not "exposure." It's unlikely that many measurement can't help but be advertisers will pay for incidental expo- sures vs. engaged listening. Don't be sur- more credible than the recall - prised if the big initial cume measures based diary system. we're seeing are replaced by some kind However, as we get ready for PPM in of "engagement cume." Canada by watching it roll out in the Another area that Arbitron likes to U.S., it's also important to understand talk about is the stability of the PPM rat- that as good as PPM is for radio it will be ings. By using panellists who rotate every FM Transmitters very, very good for Arbitron. With more few months as opposed to a different Performance Compactness Reliability than a little self-interest, Arbitron is craft- sample each week, any shift in a station's ing its public releases on PPM to encour- ratings is more likely to represent a real age full buy-in from U.S. broadcasters. change in listening than the "sample wob- In other words, the hype machine is ble" we often get when comparing two in full gear. independent samples in a diary system. What's in it for Arbitron? This is absolutely true. It doesn't, how- Most importantly, PPM represents ever, change the fact that, because of the Arbitron's substantial stake in single - enormous costs involved, PPM also source media measurement. With its po- means a smaller sample size in each mar- tential to measure TV, Internet, cinema ket. So, when you get a bad sample, you're and in-store advertising as well as radio, stuck with it until the panel turns over. PPM provides the backbone of Project That also means that there could be times 3,000W in 4RU Apollo, a pilot project combing multi- when what appears to be an increase or Intelligent and Versatile media measurement with AC Nielsen's decline in a station's ratings may simply Homescan technology. be a couple of heavy -listening households By tracking media usage and linking dropping in or out of the panel. lfsrketed and suppo,radh, it directly to product purchases, Project What Arbitron is not talking about in Apollo holds the promise to be the ulti- its public releases is what researchers call sCiSv:ii :AZ mate ROI tool for the trillion dollars or "nonresponse bias". Very simply, are the Your RF transmission expert Toll free: 1 800 363-0800 Montreal Canada so spent on promotion and advertising people who choose to carry their PPM www.incospec.com every year. If there's any doubt about the any different from those who don't in BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 57 3RMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRMBRM morning data into information - PPM's real value

From a general perspective, PPM will sales representatives, leaving them little help to dispel ingrained perceptions of time to pitch a buy and then implement radio amongst inexperienced clients and it. This also has a negative effect on the agency personnel. Results from PPM mar- quality of information passed on from kets in the U.S. indicate that radio is a far client to creative teams, planning agen- better reach medium than previously be- cies, buyers and finally to our member lieved, and that 92% of radio listeners stations representatives. Neither the buy- are retained during commercial breaks. er nor seller establishes a good business Include reach and low advertising avoid- solution for the client by basing a cam- ance to the many benefits radio has to of- paign's value on numbers alone. More fer and the value of the medium increases information is required. to advertisers and agencies. We have an opportunity to position Better insight into consumer behav- radio as an integral component of any iours means that radio stations, advertisers communications strategy. Great business and their agencies can fine-tune commu- solutions emerge from a thorough under- nication strategies. It opens doors to a standing of the brand, the market, the more innovative approach to radio pro- consumer and the world in which the gramming, planning, buying and selling. brand exists; PPM audience data is an Minute -to-minute audience measurement important ingredient in this recipe and a means that we can demonstrate the value significant advantage for radio. of promotions, program segments and Proper positioning and usage of PPM specific content such as news and sports. is important in distinguishing the data Radio sales representatives that supply as a significant force in communications Gary Belgrave is president of the Radio their clients with relevant information, strategies. Marketing Bureau. He may be contacted by rather than just numbers, will see their Recent measures such as engagement e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at value as a business partner increase. and brand resonance are trends that will (416) 922-5757. The application of a new audience be short lived-I'm not even sure there is currency will require a significant invest- a proper industry definition for engage- BY GARY BELGRAVE ment in education of the parties that will ment and if you can't define it, how can use the data. Our approach and involve- you apply it? It seems that soft measures ment with the launch of PPM is part of such as this become fashionable as ad s we move towards launch our mission to educate the industry on avoidance increases amongst consumers. of the Personal People the effective use of radio. Clients tend to take reach and frequency Meter, I was thinking of Radio sellers, planners and buyers face numbers with a grain of salt because the how the Radio Marketing a number of challenges when develop- data collection is suspect. Bureau could help the industry ing and executing media plans. Most ex- By nature radio is intrusive; after all it pressed concerns about their struggle to is hard to close your ears. It is not a huge make a smooth transition to keep up to date with the complexity of the leap of faith to assume that passive employing and understanding ever-changing media/advertising options meter carriers will hear radio if the PPM the data. in the past few years. Heavy workloads, can hear it. So a new, more accurate In order to best serve the radio indus- tight deadlines to develop and execute audience measurement system increases try we have to approach the launch from plans, and fragmented communications radio's accountability and an advertiser's a holistic perspective considering the teams increase time pressures. Agencies faith in the medium. The trick is to teach needs of our members, advertisers and are now so specialized that you are for- our members, advertisers and agencies agencies. The ability to measure radio tunate to find creative, planning and buy- the effective application of this new audiences with increased accuracy over ing functions under one roof. information. an entire year provides us with plenty of All parties involved will work to their We will be working diligently to en- evidence to increase interest in radio and deadlines, leaving those responsible for sure that RMB members have a thorough position it as a vital component in any execution of the campaign little time to understanding of radio's potential as the communications plan. work with. This increases the burden on PPM launches in Montreal in 2008. 58 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 ontreal lawyer Hubert Lacroix Kate Peardon has left News Talk has been appointed Presi- 650 (CKOM) Saskatoon... Join- dent/CEO of CBC/Radio- ing the news department at Q99 Canada, succeeding Robert (CIKT-FM) Grande Prairie are Rabinovitch. Lacroix's legal Echo Ross from Whitehorse and M specialties include media Karen Surman from Dauphin... and publishing, as well as Longtime Brantford resident Yvonne Van De Weile mergers and acquisitions, and Yvonne Van De Weile has joined securities and corporate gover- CKPC Brantford as a newscast- nance. The Conservative gov- er. Also onboard at CKPC is ernment plucked him from announcer Gary Chittim. the Montreal law office Most recently, he was the Hubert Lacroix of Stikeman Elliott... mid -day announcer at CBC Radio VP Jane CKOT Tillsonburg... At Gary Chittim Chalmers will retire at 102.1 SPUD -FM (CJRW- year's end. She joined CBC as FM) Summerside, PD/MD an on -air Host with Calgary's Chris Pride is also doing morn- Make sure that Broadcast news and current affairs unit in ing drive, succeeding Candace 1984, and filled various other Dialogue has your people Woodside. Todd MacEwen moves Jane Chalmers positions-induding Producer changes. E-mail station into afternoon drive. and Reporter-before being news to howard@ Chris Pride appointed VP of CBC Radio broadcastdialogue.com Wade Keller has been appoint- in 2002. Chalmers describers ed to the post of Communica- her reason for leaving as "a tion Director for Nova Scotia major mid-life redesign"... Interim successor for Premier Rodney MacDonald. The veteran Broad- Jane Chalmers at CBC Radio will be Jennifer cast Journalist left his position as Senior Ross Davies McGuire, the Exec Director of programming... Producer/Assistant News Director at CTV Ross Davies to VP (English) Programming at Atlantic in Halifax in early November... Donnie Todd MacEwen Astral Media's English -language stations across Brown, who's been with CJCB/CKPE-FM Sydney Canada, based at the old Standard Radio offices in virtually every on- and off -air position in his in Toronto. Davies was most recently with XM 33 years in the broadcast industry, is moving Canada... Rick Chisholm and Alon Marcovici have on. Brown, the now -Account Exec, will become been appointed to the CTV-Rogers 2010/2012 the District Manager the Canadian Federation of Rick Chisholm Olympic Consortium, Chisholm as Exec VP of Independent Business (CFIB) in Sydney... Sandra Broadcasting and Marcovici as VP of Digital Puglielli has stepped down as Media and Research. Most recently, Chisholm director of TV publicity at Sandra Puglielli was VP, Programming and Production at TSN CanWest MediaWorks. Beginning next month, while Marcovicí s background indudes various she will go into business for herself with a pro- leadership roles with Maple Leaf Sports & ject management company... Betsy Chaly has -AL Entertainment Ltd., the NBA, Florida Panthers, joined the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) as Alon Marcovici Toronto Board of Trade, and NBC Olympics... Betsy Chaly Interim Director of Communications. Most re- PD Kevin Bernard and morning show Host Joe cently, she was Director of Corporate Commu- Duchesne are no longer with CFPL-AM London. nications at CanWest MediaWorks... Linda Corus London GM Dave Farough is quoted as Jefferson has moved from CBC-TV Halifax to saying: "We are revising our format to meet London's CTV Halifax as a Senior Account Exec. Jefferson needs for more local news content and as a result of is best known to the broadcast community out- this revision, two positions were affected"... Don side Atlantic Canada from her days at Major Don Landels Landels has been promoted to GSM at 98.5 the Linda Jefferson Market Broadcasters, the now defunct rep firm... Ocean/1031 Jack FM Victoria. Landels began Marie Comtois has been appointed VP Commu- with the Rogers Broadcasting stations in 1993 nications and New Media at Groupe WA in as an Account Manager... New ND at CKLQ/ Montreal. Comtois has been with the company STAR FM Brandon is John LoRegio. It's a pro- since 1996 and in the TV industry for over 20 motion for LoRegio... Kevin Desjardins, the years. Before her promotion, she was GM, Con- Communications Director at the CAB in vergence of Content and New Media... At SUN John LoRegio Ottawa, is no longer with the Association... ND Marie Comtois TV (CKXT-TV) Toronto, Director of Research

BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 59 (and a past Broadcast Research Council Presi- who succeeds retired ND David Craig, arrived dent) Julie Look has moved to Vauntcom Media from XL 96 (CJXL-FM) Moncton where she was as Director of Research and Revenue Manage- morning show co -Host. ment in Toronto, Kieron Mullarkey, SUN TV's Creative Director/Production Manager, has New VP/GM at CTV Radio Winnipeg-CFRW/ resigned as have Producers Terrence Babb and CHIQ-FM/CFWM-FM-is Chris Stevens. Most Kieron Mullarkey Clive Felice... Steele Communications, the Chris Stevens recently, he ran an event marketing company. Newfoundland & Labrador division of Newcap Earlier, he worked at CHUM... At CFOB-FM Fort Radio based in St. John's, has appointed Cathy Frances, Leo Melanson is now Station Manager/ Ridgeley Ryan as Ops Mgr. She's been with the Group PD. Northwoods Broadcasting also oper- company for 10 years, most recently as Manager ates CKDR Dryden and GIRL Kenora, plus a series of Finance and Administration. Steele operates of repeaters throughout Northwest Ontario. 25 AM and FM licences in the province... At Until January, Melanson was Morning Show Cathy Ridgeley MBS Charlottetown, Al Baldwin Wayne Host/Programming Supervisor Ryan ItRabishaw is the new Ops. Mgr. He had at K100 (CIOK-FM) Saint John been Promotions Director at when he then began with Acadia Broadcasting, Rogers Radio Timmins after owner of Northwoods... It's official. The new leaving The Jewel Ottawa... Broadcast Ops. Mgr. at CHCH-TV Hamilton is Also at MBS Charlottetown, MD/ Wayne Rabishaw, who'd been in the position on Afternoon Host Mark McKenzie Danielle Young an interim basis. A 25 -year CHCH-TV veteran, has resigned... Danielle Young, Rabishaw was Supervisor, On -Air Operations... Al Baldwin ND at Radio Nord Gatineau Corus Calgary Chief Engineer Wade Wensink is has left the company for CPAC Ottawa where leaving that position as soon as a successor can she became the Journalist/Host of Revue be found. Wensink says he wants to concentrate Politique... Effective November 12, Jen Hudson more on his contract engineering company, plus is the new ND at 107.9FM The Breeze (CHUC- have more time for leisure activities... At Q107 FM)/Star 93.3 (CKSG-FM) Cobourg. Hudson, Jen Hudson Calgary, Tim Morgan is new Ass't PD/midday Tim Morgan

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BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 61 ENGINEERING

Strange radio stories of yore

BY DAN ROACH

by rock and roll bands, especially if they microphones. The theory was that the were combined with an aggressive pro- resultant sound was fuller, and louder, cessor. The result was usually loss of fre- and perhaps made a transistor radio with quency lock, and a moment or two off a three-inch speaker sound a little better the air. Better exciters, with two -stage than it would have with untreated audio. phase locked loop circuits, were rapidly The spring method worked, but there deployed. were a few shortcomings: the reverb unit In the mid -1970s, a lot of attention was microphonic (i.e. it would be best to went into various tricks to give the sta- keep fairly quiet when you were around tion's sound a competitive edge. Especially it, as your voice could easily set the spring at Top 40 stations, the programming de- to vibrating, and you might inadvertent- partment might "fiddle" with hit songs to ly end up on the air!), the sound could be "improve" them, by messing with equal- metallic, and there were certain frequen- ization and compression before carting cies that needed to be avoided or the their masterpiece for use on -air. spring would start to resonate and, given Many programmers would also edit sufficient provocation, really take off. bits and pieces out of songs to create a All I can tell you is that the Paul suitable broadcast version. One of the McCartney tune Mull of Kintyre featured Dan Roach works at S.W. Davis Broadcast favourite tricks was to speed up the turn- an extended bagpipe solo, and every time I I Technical Services Ltd., a contract engineering table for the dub just a bit, on the theo- heard it on our station heard what firm based in Vancouver. He may be reached ry that once listeners heard the sped -up sounded like a bunch of cats harmoniz- by e-mail at [email protected]. version, the original, slower edition of ing on the chorus. Mercifully, the song the song (hopefully still be- was only a minor ing played on the com- hit, or I would round the campfire, while peting radio station) have been forced Grampa Dan tells you some weird would sound dull to institute a "no Circletales about radio engineeringg g in and lifeless. bagpipes" rule at the grand old days! Of course, the station-and Perhaps you've already heard the yam given the sim- you can imagine about radio stations where the engineer- ple techniques the standoff that ing department blacklisted the playing of in use, speeding would have caused Crystal Gayle tunes. It seems the young up the record al- with programming! lady's singing voice could, and did, hit so increased the Of course, once pro- certain combinations of notes that would pitch... and operat- grammers started messing cause the grids in Eimac's 4CX15,000A's ing on the proven with the razor blade one to vibrate sympathetically. The result was programming premise thing led to another, and it cul- that every time the station played a Crystal that if a little is good, then minated in broadcast duets that Gayle song, the tubes' internals would a lot is better, what started as a very slight never really happened, such as Barbra vibrate and short out and the transmitter adjustment rapidly escalated into some- Streisand's performance of You Don't would overload and shut down. thing much worse. I can remember Beatles Bring Me Flowers with Neil Diamond. You can imagine the skeptical re- tunes where the Fab Four sounded like This sort of thing proved so popular that sponse that this story first received. After they were singing falsetto. Digital pitch record companies started producing they got up from the floor laughing, how- conversion, that would have allowed authorized "synthetic duets", and that ever, Continental engineers (whose trans- separate control of pitch and speed, was can be followed in a straight line to mitters were tripping) did a little field not yet on the broadcaster's horizon. today's sampled, looped and dubbed work and confirmed that this was indeed Another trick that started out simply, hip -hop material. what was happening. then became more elaborate over time, Oddly enough, nowadays much better Early FM exciters were not the most was the use of reverberation. Simple to tools for manipulating tunes are available, stable of beasts, and some of the early perform with many digital processors yet the practice (in radio stations at least) modulated oscillators didn't take too well today, back then the preferred approach seems to have mostly disappeared. And to the heavy bass drum tracks supplied involved transducers, springs and perhaps we are all the better for that! 62 BROADCAST DIALOGUE-The Voice of Broadcasting in Canada DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008 Make Your Audio SCREAMStream

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